词典释义：
a report or description of an event or experience
报道，记述
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a detailed account of what has been achieved .对取得的成就的详细描述。
an interpretation or rendering of a piece of music
演奏（音乐）
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a lively account of Offenbach's score .对奥芬巴赫乐曲的生动演奏。
a record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose
账；账目
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the barman was doing his accounts 酒吧男招待在记账
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he submitted a quarterly account .他递交了一份季度账目。
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会计科。
〈主英〉 账单
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there's no money to pay the tradesmen's accounts this month .这个月没有钱支付零售商的账单。
an arrangement by which a body holds funds on behalf of a client or supplies goods or services to them on credit
账户；赊购账
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a bank account 银行账户
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charge it to my account 记在我的账上
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I began buying things on account .我开始赊购物品。
a client having such an arrangement with a supplier
（记账交易）客户
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selling bibles to established accounts in the North. 将《圣经》卖给北方的记账交易老客户。
a contract to do work periodically for a client
（定期结付的）交易合同
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another agency were awarded the account .又一家代理商得到了合约。
【股票】 〈英〉 账期交易期。
[mass noun]importance
重要性
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money was of no account to her .金钱对她无关紧要。
[with obj. and complement]consider or regard in a specified way
认为，看作
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her visit could not be accounted a success 她的访问算不上成功
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he accounted himself the unluckiest man alive .他认为自己是世上最倒霉的人。
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〈古〉 报账
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after 1292 he accounted to the Westminster exchequer. １２９２年以后他就向威斯敏斯特税务署报账。
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by （或from ）all accounts according to what one has heard or read 根据各种流传的说法by all accounts he is a pretty nice guy. 据说他是个非常好的人 -
call （或bring） someone to account require someone to explain a mistake or poor performance 要求解释错误（或失误） -
give a good （ 或bad ）account of oneself make a favourable （or unfavourable） impression through one's performance 表现出色（或拙劣） -
keep an account of keep a record of 记录 -
leave something out of account fail or decline to consider a factor 未能（或不予）考虑 -
money of account denominations of money used in reckoning but not current as coins 记账货币 -
on someone's account for a specified person's benefit为（某人）着想don't bother on my account .不要为我多费神了 -
on account of because of 因为，由于 -
on no account under no circumstances 决不，绝对不on no account let anyone know we're interested . 切莫让任何人知道我们感兴趣 -
on one's own account with one's own money or assets, rather than for an employer or client 靠自己（的钱财）he began trading on his own account. 他开始独立经商 -
settle （或square） accounts with pay money owed to （someone）与（某人）结清账目 -
have revenge on 向…报复，跟…算账
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take something into account （或take account of ） consider a specified thing along with other factors before reaching a decision or taking action（在决定或行动之前）将…考虑进去 -
there's no accounting for tastes （或taste ）proverb it's impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which the speaker considers unappealing〈谚〉 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 -
turn something to good account turn something to one's advantage 利用；善用
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account for 1 give a satisfactory record of （something, typically money, that one is responsible for） （尤指对自己掌管的钱财）作出满意说明 -
provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation or reason for 解释；说明
he was brought before the Board to account for his behaviour . 他被带到董事会上为他的行为作出解释 -
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be accounted for ） know the fate or whereabouts of （someone or something）, especially after an accident （尤指事故发生后）查明…的命运（或下落）everyone was accounted for after the floods. 洪水之后所有人的下落都弄清楚了 -
succeed in killing, destroying, or defeating 杀死，消灭；击败
a mishit drive accounted for Jones, who had scored 32 . 一个击球失误使得32分的琼斯落败 -
2 supply or make up （a specified amount or proportion） 提供；构成（数量，比例）social security accounts for about a third of total public spending. 社会保险占公共开支总数的1/3.
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a bank account 银行账户
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be accounted + 名词/形容词 被认为是...
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account for sb/sth 是…的原因；占比
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take sth into account 考虑到...
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"Middle English （in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’）： from Old French
