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account n.计算,帐目,解释,说明,估计,理由,描述;vi.解释,说明,总计有,认为,得分;vt.认为 Account is one of those seemingly simple words that have a mass of different meanings. An account can be a narrative or story — a biography, for example, is an account of someone's life. Account can also mean an explanation of something, as in the phrase, "How do you account for that?" An account is also a handy arrangement whereby a store agrees to provide you goods on credit, but then you might have to account for all that debt. ★★★★★ 2010.0

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[ə'kaunt] An account can be many things — such as a story, like if you give a friend an account of what happened at the party she missed. It can also be a business arrangement, like a bank account or an email account. The idea arose because of the perplexing behavior of the women in the Hawthorne plant. According to accounts of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（银行等的）账户 If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it. Some banks make it difficult to open an account...一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户，一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]固定客户，老主顾（尤指公司） In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company.   [BUSINESS 商]Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.比加特·唐纳德，这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]账；账目 Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends.   [usu pl]  [BUSINESS 商]He kept detailed accounts.他记明细账。...an account book.账本4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（书面或口头的）记述，描述，陈述，报告 An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened.   [with supp]He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night...他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.据警方称，亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。5[N-COUNT 可数名词]解释；说明 An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it.   [usu N of n]  [FORMAL 正式]This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour...这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.按照韦伯的说法，科学在本质上是一种价值无涉的活动。6[VERB 动词]把…视作；认为 If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing.   [be V-ed n]  [be V-ed adj]  [usu passive]  [FORMAL 正式]The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success.不过，开战的首日仍被认为是成功的。...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church.其性行为仍然被教会认为是罪孽深重的同性恋者7See also:accounting；bank account；current account；deposit account；joint；  Usage Note :Do not confuse account and bill. When you have an account with a bank, you leave your money in the bank and take it out when you need it. When you have to pay for things such as electricity or a meal in a restaurant, you get a bill.不要混淆 account 和 bill。account 指可存钱、取钱的银行账户。bill 指账单，如电费或餐费账单。8[PHRASE 短语]根据各种说法 If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so.   [PHR with cl]He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.他是位有口皆碑的好老师。9[PHRASE 短语]（尽管未必大获全胜但）出色地表现（自己） If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.   [V inflects]The team fought hard and gave a good account of themselves.这支队伍奋力拼搏，表现出色。10[PHRASE 短语]毫不重要；无足轻重 If you say that something is of no account or of little account, you mean that it is very unimportant and is not worth considering.   [v-link PHR]  [FORMAL 正式]These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.这些名不见经传的团体在国内政界无足轻重。11[PHRASE 短语]以赊账方式；以分期付款方式 If you buy or pay for something on account, you pay nothing or only part of the cost at first, and pay the rest later.   [PHR after v]He bought two bottles of vodka on account.他挂账买了两瓶伏特加酒。12[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]因为；由于 You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something. The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。A newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together.看俩人走路时挨得这么近，他觉得他们是新婚夫妇。13[PHRASE 短语]从（某人的）角度；（尤指）设想处于（某人的）情况 Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation.   [usu adj/n PHR]Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account.莫莉告诉我她的所作所为，我真是替她感到后怕。14[PHRASE 短语]因为（某人的）缘故 If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you.   [PHR after v]  [SPOKEN 口语]Don't leave on my account.别因为我就走了。15[PHRASE 短语]绝不；切勿 If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances.   [emphasis]On no account should the mixture boil.切勿让这种混合物沸腾。16[PHRASE 短语]为了那个/这个缘故 You can use on that account or on this account when you want to say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned.   [usu PHR after v]Wine is radioactive but few people stop drinking it on that account.酒是有放射性的，可是很少有人因此而戒酒。17[PHRASE 短语]根据(某人)自己的说法 If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true. He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。18[PHRASE 短语]作为个人地；为自身利益地 If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company.   [PHR after v]She had plans to set up in business on her own account.她计划自己创业。19[PHRASE 短语]自主自愿地；责任自负地 If you do something on your own account, you do it because you want to and without being asked, and you take responsibility for your own action.   [PHR after v]I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account.我告诉他，如果他退出，责任自负。20[PHR-RECIP 相互短语]（与敌人或对手）决战，算账，了结恩怨 To settle accounts with an enemy or opponent means to bring your fight or quarrel to an end by defeating them.   [V inflects]  [WRITTEN 笔语]...until the great day came when the Germans could finally settle accounts with the British...直到德国人最终能和英国人清算旧账的重大日子的来临Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。21[PHRASE 短语]考虑到；把…计算在内 If you take something into account, or take account of something, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do.   [V inflects]The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.城市规划人员在实际工作中必须把社会各利益集团都考虑在内。22[PHRASE 短语]（对所做的错事）被要求解释并遭斥责，被问责 If someone is called, held, or brought to account for something they have done wrong, they are made to explain why they did it, and are often criticized or punished for it.   [V inflects]Ministers should be called to account for their actions.部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。相关词组：account for

英语单词	account
英美音标	[ə'kaunt]
中文释义	n.计算,帐目,解释,说明,估计,理由,描述; vi.解释,说明,总计有,认为,得分; vt.认为
vocab简明	An account can be many things — such as a story, like if you give a friend an account of what happened at the party she missed. It can also be a business arrangement, like a bank account or an email account.
vocab扩展	Account is one of those seemingly simple words that have a mass of different meanings. An account can be a narrative or story — a biography, for example, is an account of someone's life. Account can also mean an explanation of something, as in the phrase, "How do you account for that?" An account is also a handy arrangement whereby a store agrees to provide you goods on credit, but then you might have to account for all that debt.
真题原句	The idea arose because of the perplexing behavior of the women in the Hawthorne plant. According to accounts of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed.
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柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（银行等的）账户 If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it. Some banks make it difficult to open an account... 一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。 I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account. 我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户，一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]固定客户，老主顾（尤指公司） In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company. [BUSINESS 商] Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts. 比加特·唐纳德，这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]账；账目 Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends. [usu pl] [BUSINESS 商] He kept detailed accounts. 他记明细账。 ...an account book. 账本 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（书面或口头的）记述，描述，陈述，报告 An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened. [with supp] He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night... 他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。 According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen. 据警方称，亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]解释；说明 An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it. [usu N of n] [FORMAL 正式] This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour... 这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。 Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity. 按照韦伯的说法，科学在本质上是一种价值无涉的活动。 6 [VERB 动词]把…视作；认为 If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing. [be V-ed n] [be V-ed adj] [usu passive] [FORMAL 正式] The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success. 不过，开战的首日仍被认为是成功的。 ...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church. 其性行为仍然被教会认为是罪孽深重的同性恋者 7 See also:accounting ；bank account ；current account ；deposit account ；joint ； Usage Note : Do not confuse account and bill. When you have an account with a bank, you leave your money in the bank and take it out when you need it. When you have to pay for things such as electricity or a meal in a restaurant, you get a bill. 不要混淆 account 和 bill。account 指可存钱、取钱的银行账户。bill 指账单，如电费或餐费账单。 8 [PHRASE 短语]根据各种说法 If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so. [PHR with cl] He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher. 他是位有口皆碑的好老师。 9 [PHRASE 短语]（尽管未必大获全胜但）出色地表现（自己） If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful. [V inflects] The team fought hard and gave a good account of themselves. 这支队伍奋力拼搏，表现出色。 10 [PHRASE 短语]毫不重要；无足轻重 If you say that something is of no account or of little account, you mean that it is very unimportant and is not worth considering. [v-link PHR] [FORMAL 正式] These obscure groups were of little account in national politics. 这些名不见经传的团体在国内政界无足轻重。 11 [PHRASE 短语]以赊账方式；以分期付款方式 If you buy or pay for something on account, you pay nothing or only part of the cost at first, and pay the rest later. [PHR after v] He bought two bottles of vodka on account. 他挂账买了两瓶伏特加酒。 12 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]因为；由于 You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something. The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat... 总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。 A newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together. 看俩人走路时挨得这么近，他觉得他们是新婚夫妇。 13 [PHRASE 短语]从（某人的）角度；（尤指）设想处于（某人的）情况 Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation. [usu adj/n PHR] Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account. 莫莉告诉我她的所作所为，我真是替她感到后怕。 14 [PHRASE 短语]因为（某人的）缘故 If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you. [PHR after v] [SPOKEN 口语] Don't leave on my account. 别因为我就走了。 15 [PHRASE 短语]绝不；切勿 If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances. [emphasis] On no account should the mixture boil. 切勿让这种混合物沸腾。 16 [PHRASE 短语]为了那个/这个缘故 You can use on that account or on this account when you want to say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned. [usu PHR after v] Wine is radioactive but few people stop drinking it on that account. 酒是有放射性的，可是很少有人因此而戒酒。 17 [PHRASE 短语]根据(某人)自己的说法 If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true. He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic. 据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。 18 [PHRASE 短语]作为个人地；为自身利益地 If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company. [PHR after v] She had plans to set up in business on her own account. 她计划自己创业。 19 [PHRASE 短语]自主自愿地；责任自负地 If you do something on your own account, you do it because you want to and without being asked, and you take responsibility for your own action. [PHR after v] I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account. 我告诉他，如果他退出，责任自负。 20 [PHR-RECIP 相互短语]（与敌人或对手）决战，算账，了结恩怨 To settle accounts with an enemy or opponent means to bring your fight or quarrel to an end by defeating them. [V inflects] [WRITTEN 笔语] ...until the great day came when the Germans could finally settle accounts with the British... 直到德国人最终能和英国人清算旧账的重大日子的来临 Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts. 他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。 21 [PHRASE 短语]考虑到；把…计算在内 If you take something into account, or take account of something, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do. [V inflects] The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account... 被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。 Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society. 城市规划人员在实际工作中必须把社会各利益集团都考虑在内。 22 [PHRASE 短语]（对所做的错事）被要求解释并遭斥责，被问责 If someone is called, held, or brought to account for something they have done wrong, they are made to explain why they did it, and are often criticized or punished for it. [V inflects] Ministers should be called to account for their actions. 部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。相关词组： account for
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Account Phrase 短语 N Count 可数名词 [Usu [Phr V