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ac·count1 /əˈkaʊnt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]  
1  description 描述 a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process 叙述，描写，报道
account of
 He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.
他因受惊过度而无法描述所发生的事情。
blow-by-blow account (=a description of all the details of an event in the order that they happened) 一五一十的叙述
 a blow-by-blow account of how England lost to Portugal
英格兰队如何负于葡萄牙队的详细报道
 Chomsky’s account of how children learn their first language
乔姆斯基关于儿童如何学习第一语言的描述
eye-witness/first-hand account (=a description of events by someone who saw them) 目击者的/第一手的描述
 Eye-witness accounts told of the unprovoked shooting of civilians.
目击者讲到平民无故被枪击。
 This gives a first-hand account of the war.
这是关于这场战争的第一手报道。
2  at a bank 在银行 (written abbreviation a/c or acct.) an arrangement in which a bank keeps your money safe so that you can pay more in or take money out 账户
 My salary is paid into my bank account.
我的工资直接存入我的银行账户。
 I’ve opened an account with Barclay’s Bank.
我在巴克莱银行开了一个账户。
 My husband and I have a joint account (=one that is shared between two people).
我和丈夫有个联名账户。
→ bank account, checking account, current account, deposit account, profit and loss account, savings account
3  take account of something  (also take something into account)THINK ABOUT to consider or include particular facts or details when making a decision or judgment about something 考虑到某事，把某事考虑进去
 These figures do not take account of changes in the rate of inflation.
这些数字没有把通货膨胀率的变化考虑进去。
n Grammar
You say:
We will take your views into account.
✗Don’t say: We will take your views in account.
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take account of something• Like the poll tax, the council tax would also take account of the number of adults in each household.• Indeed most providers would now claim that they do take account of the wider population.• A valuation of a smaller company must take account of its potential as a takeover target.• These figures do not take account of changes in the rate of inflation.• If this affects you, the enclosed Renewal Notice takes account of the new rates.• The number of staff on leave at any one time Should take account of the building programme.• Organisational house style - it is anticipated that each centre will devise a suitable house style which takes account of keyboarding conventions.• I trust that he will take account of the road safety dangers that are inherent in his policy.• That identity will take account of the traditional positions of certain member states.
4  on account of something BECAUSEbecause of something else, especially a problem or difficulty 因为某事，由于某事
 She was told to wear flat shoes, on account of her back problem.
因为背部有问题，她被建议穿平底鞋。
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on account of something• Could this be on account of the incongruity between their neurons and mine?• Games are often canceled on account of rain.• I studied her carefully on account of my special relationship with her son, Sylvester.• Mere discriminations on account of race or color were not regarded as badges of slavery.• But only on account of the smooth running of the business, she realised.• Some sectors, moreover, lagged behind completely, by force of circumstances or on account of reluctance to abandon traditional ways.• Today our hair is very red on account of the rain that is threatening us.
5  accounts 
a) [plural]BF an exact record of the money that a company has received and the money it has spent 账目
 The accounts for last year showed a profit of $2 million.
去年的账目显示利润为200万美元。
b) [uncountableU]BBC a department in a company that is responsible for keeping records of the amount of money spent and received 〔公司的〕财务部
 Eileen works in accounts.
艾琳在财务部工作。
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accounts• The accounts for last year showed a profit of $2 million.
6. on account PAY FORif you buy goods on account, you take them away with you and pay for them later 赊账
7  PAY FORwith a shop/company 商店/公司 an arrangement that you have with a shop or company, which allows you to buy goods or use a service now and pay for them later 〔可先使用后付款的〕赊欠账户 SYN credit account
 Can you charge this to my account please?
你能把这记在我的（赊欠）账上吗？
 an unlimited-use Internet account
一个能无限使用的因特网后付费账户
8  bill 账单 a statement that shows how much money you owe for things you have bought from a shop 账单 SYN bill
pay/settle your account (=pay what you owe) 付账/结账
 James left the restaurant, settling his account by credit card.
詹姆斯用信用卡结完账离开餐厅。
9  arrangement to sell goods 售货安排 an arrangement to sell goods and services to another company over a period of time 〔一段时间内的〕交易安排
10  by/from all accounts SAY/STATEaccording to what a lot of people say 根据各方面所说
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by/from all accounts• By all accounts, Garcia was an excellent manager.• She was calculating and ambitious, and by all accounts at least a competent journalist.• Astor was a shy, austere and, by all accounts, unlovable man.• Shaughnessy was a heroic figure-a brilliant writer and by all accounts a splendid teacher and leader.• Caligula was degenerate but, by all accounts, did not deign to hide the fact.• Elephants, by all accounts, were pretty strong too.• But Alice was the only one of the Pritchetts who had, from all accounts, risen above her station in life.• Now there's Dan Crawley in hospital with the pneumonia, and poor Jenny is penniless by all accounts.• The original building was, by all accounts, demolished when St. John's railway station was constructed on its present site.
11  on somebody’s account BECAUSEif you do something on someone’s account, you do it because you think they want you to 为了某人的缘故
12  on your own account INDEPENDENT PERSONby yourself or for yourself 靠自己；为自己
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on your own account• In 1862 Smith set up in business on his own account.• He was going to miss old Mr Schofield and he was disappointed on his own account too.• He advanced large sums to Parliament and later invested heavily on his own account in the purchase of bishops' lands.• Although his ministers were never permitted to decide matters on their own account, Victor Amadeus delegated wide administrative powers to them.• They may not set up in practice on their own account for a further three years.• Carrie decided to do a little research on her own account.• But if the operators are set against discounting it will not prevent the agencies from doing some on their own account.• The company imposed regulations on its members, but individuals still traded on their own account.
13  on no account/not on any account ADVISEused when saying that someone must not, for any reason, do something 决不，绝对不
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on no account/not on any account• On no account should you attempt this exercise if you're pregnant.• You shouldn't sign the contract unless you are sure you understand it. Not on any account.
14  by somebody’s own account SAY/STATEaccording to what you have said, especially when you have admitted doing something wrong 据某人自己所说
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by somebody’s own account• This was the type of man he was looking for and, by his own account, not infrequently found.• But, by his own account, he agreed he would speak to the Shah if they too would do so.• When he was young and full of the new learning of Oxford and Cambridge he appears arrogant even by his own account.• Do the math: Some 2,250 shows by his own account.
15  on that account/on this account ABOUTconcerning a particular situation 由于那个/这个缘故
16  give a good/poor account of yourself PERFORMto do something or perform very well or very badly 表现好/表现差
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give a good/poor account of yourself• Thirteen-year-old Patsy, who could always give a good account of herself, looked upset.• Cooper gave a good account of himself in the fight.• Though it gave a good account of itself, Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat.• Sussex's Wood gave a good account of herself and should have claimed the second set.
17  bring/call somebody to account formal to force someone who is responsible for a mistake or a crime to explain publicly why they did it and punish them for it if necessary 追究某人的责任
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bring/call somebody to account• The people responsible for the accident must be brought to account.• It is a summary remedy which should enable a person in default to be brought swiftly to account.• Inevitably, Whitney and the board called him to account.• But when it was over, Cronin called me to account.• Promotion panels, search committees, nominating bodies, nobody calls them to account.• The debate is intended to bring the Government to account.
18  put/turn something to good account formal to use something for a good purpose 善用某物，充分利用某物
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put/turn something to good account• The extra time was turned to good account.
19  of no/little account formal not important 不重要，没关系
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of no/little account• You are a mere picture editor, a workman, whose views on editorial staff are of no account.• As she grew up, her father had been of no account to her.• Charles Coffin continues: The cavalry of the Army of the Potomac had been of little account.• In a transforming instant, the est intellectual truth is seen to be that intellectual truth is of no account.• Epictetus' magic wand can make poverty of no account.• There was a war on and such emotional family matters were really of no account.• It was of no account to Vinoba Bhave a Brahmin, whether the man before him was a Brahmin or an outcaste.• Yet this self-protective brand of public service was of no account to the Lordly Phantasms.• Gelbspan's speech was of no account.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
give an account
Marshall gave the police his account of how the fight started.
provide an account
Freud has provided an account of the human psyche’s stages of development.
write an account
He later wrote an account of his experiences during the war.
read an account
Have you read his account of the journey?
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + account
a detailed account
She gave me a detailed account of what happened at the meeting.
a full account
It is not possible to give a full account of what we discussed.
a short account
What follows is a short account of the legal procedure.
a brief account
The class were asked to write a brief account of their holidays.
a clear account
I’ve tried to write a clear account of the incident.
an accurate account
Both newspapers gave fairly accurate accounts of what had happened.
a true account
The book is a true account of his life and death.
a blow-by-blow account (=very detailed)
Rosemary gave me a blow-by-blow account of their trip.
a graphic account (=very clear with a lot of details, especially unpleasant details)
He wrote a graphic account of his time in jail.
a vivid account (=so clear that it seems real or like real life)
I read a vivid account of his experiences in Egypt.
an eye-witness account (=an account of an event, given by the person who saw it happen)
an eye-witness account of the attack
a first-hand account (=an account of a situation, given by the person who experienced it)
a first-hand account of life in the refugee camps
conflicting accounts (=different accounts of the same event, that cannot both be true)
There were conflicting accounts of what actually happened.
n THESAURUS
account a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process
He provided the police with a detailed account of what he saw.
description something you say or write that gives details about what something or someone is like
The report gave a brief description of the problem.
story an account of something that has happened which may not be true – used especially when people are telling each other about something
I don’t think he was honest enough to tell us the full story.
Her parents did not believe her story.
report a written or spoken account of a situation or event, giving people the information they need, especially after studying something as part of your job
The UN will issue a report on the incident.
Initial police reports suggest she was murdered.
version a particular person’s account of an event, which is different from the account that another person gives
Her version of events has been contradicted by other witnesses.
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account• Elephants, by all accounts, were pretty strong too.• In the magazine, Cook gives a colorful account of his first meeting with Hamilton.• The newspaper printed a detailed account of the trial.• There were several different accounts of the story in the newspapers.• Her account of the events of that day was wildly different from the first witness's.• Surkov had repeated for my benefit his account of the submarine commander, poised to unleash destruction on London.• This natural sequence of events is frequently obscured when the condition is treated without taking the constitution into account.• I'd like to deposit this check into my account.• The others had nasty accounts of their interviews.• Mere discriminations on account of race or color were not regarded as badges of slavery.• We charged the sofa to our Macy's account.• So far no linguist has given us a satisfactory account of how children learn language.• Pheifer manages several accounts for the ad agency.• It seeks to take account of the facts.• Cureton has provided a theoretical account of our intuitions about rhythm.• Senior Labor politician Tony Benn has been publishing diary installments for decades, providing a vivid account of Parliament.
account of• Chomsky's account of how children learn their first language has sparked lots of debate.
opened an account• Mr Adrian Grant opened accounts for both his children when they were born.• The business continued to expand, and a high sport occurred when the King himself opened an account in 1800.• Roosevelt Principal Mike Price opened an account, and the checks went directly to the bank.
pay/settle your account• Anyone settling their account within twelve months had half the commission returned.• It is simply a guide as to how long your customers take before paying their accounts.• Be reasoned Give your debtor a better reason for paying his account than for not paying it, such as: 1.• The line through 501 indicates that Mr R. James departed after lunch settling his account of £80.15 by Access credit card.• You must settle your account within 30 days.• In many cases, higher rates apply for those holders who do not pay their accounts by direct debit.• Finally comes settlement, but don't count on this to pay your accounts at the end of the month.• A note on discount Cash discounts A supplier may offer a cash discount to a retailer who settles his account promptly.
account2 ●●○ S3 W3 verb  
1 account for something phrasal verbphr v 
a) BEto form a particular amount or part of something 占〔一定数量或比例〕
 Afro-Americans account for 12% of the US population.
非裔美国人占美国人口的12%。
b) REASONto be the reason why something happens 是…的原因 SYN explain
 Recent pressure at work may account for his behavior.
他的行为也许是最近的工作压力导致的。
c) REASONto give a satisfactory explanation of why something has happened or why you did something 解释，说明 SYN explain
 Can you account for your movements on that night?
你能说明一下你那天晚上的行踪吗？
d) HEREto say where all the members of a group of people or things are, especially because you are worried that some of them may be lost 说明…在何处
 Three days after the earthquake, more than 150 people had still to be accounted for.
地震发生3天后，仍有150多人下落不明。
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account for • These occupations now account for 37. 6 percent of all workers.• In the whole of 1995, imports accounted for 58 % compared with 57 % in 1994.• This accounts for 90 percent of reported pollution incidents.• The King claimed that all the funds acquired through the passport sales had been accounted for.• Higher education accounts for about 13 percent of general fund expenditures.• The high-handed way in which Washington dropped the idea on its Western partners accounts for some the hostile reaction it has received.• The company said it will write off $ 80 million in inventory to account for the expected lower selling prices.• A similar mechanism may perhaps account for the fact that some group-living animals drive sick or injured individuals out of the group.
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account• The gender split has also narrowed, with females accounting for 46 per cent of Internet users.• It reported that drivers' spinning of the radio dial accounted for far more crashes.• Unless very few ladies account for most male conquests, that suggests we all bend the truth.• The new approach attempts to account for non-value-added costs separate from value-added costs.• It is often the negative power I perceive within myself that is so difficult to account for, or control.• So what accounts for the enduring appeal of wild animal patterns?• The limestone was deposited in very quiet water conditions, which accounts for the preservation of this delicate little fossil.
From Longman Business Dictionary
accountac·count1 /əˈkaʊnt/ noun
1[countableC] written abbreviation a/c, or acctBANKING an arrangement between a bank and a customer that allows the customer to pay in and take out money; BANK ACCOUNT
She used her first pay check to open an account (=to start one).
80% of people have held an account (=had one) with the same bank for five years or more.
They were unhappy with service at the bank and closed their account there.
→ see also money of account, unit of account, statement of account
2no accountBANKING words written on a cheque to show that the account to which it relates has been closed
3[countableC]ACCOUNTING a record showing a particular part of the finances of a business
4accounts [plural]ACCOUNTING the complete set of records showing money coming into and going out of a business, its profits, and its financial situation
The new accounts contain more bad news for shareholders.
→ see also books of account
5accounts [plural]ACCOUNTING the department of a company that deals with its accounts
She works in accounts.
6COMMERCEMARKETING [countableC] an arrangement between a buyer and a seller for payment to be made some time after the buyer receives the goods or services
No interest is charged provided the account is settled (=the money owed is paid) in full every month.
All clients are sent a monthly account statement (=list of goods or services bought and money owed).
7on accountCOMMERCE paid as part of the total amount that needs to be paid
We’ll pay you half of your fee on account.
8on accountCOMMERCE to be paid for later
Most of this equipment was bought on account.
9[countableC]ORGANIZATIONSCOMMERCE an organization that is a regular client of a company, especially an ADVERTISING AGENCY
The agency won several major accounts this year.
He’s always on the road calling on key accounts (=important clients).
→ abbreviated accounts → adjustment account → annual accounts → appropriation account → approved accounts → audited accounts → balance of payments capital account → balance of payments current account → bank account → blocked account → call account → cash account → cash management account → charge account → cheque account → client account → club account → club accounts → company accounts → consignment account → consolidated accounts → contra account → contra-asset account → control account → credit account → current account → custodial account → debit account → demand account → deposit account → depreciation account → discretionary account → dormant account → drawing account → email account → entertainment account → escrow account → Exchange equalization account → expense account → external account → final accounts → foreign currency account → group accounts → inactive account → income and expenditure account → individual retirement account → instant access account → interim accounts → joint account → loro account → margin account → merchant account → nominal accounts → nostro account → notice account → NOW account → numbered account → postal account → profit and loss account → public account → purchases account → real accounts → sales account → sales returns account → savings account → sundries account → suspense account → vostro account
accountaccount2 verb
→ account for something
Origin account2
(1300-1400) Old French acompter, from compter “to count”
ac·count1 noun
→10-19

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