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accountaccount[əˈkaʊnt]ac'count for sb/sth 1.■to know where sb/sth is or what has happened to them, especially after an accident or a natural disaster(尤指在事故或自然灾害之后)了解，查明:All the people who were working in the building have now been accounted for.所有当时在大楼中工作的人现在都有了下落。There are three files that I can’t account for.有三份文件我找不到。2.■[NOTE]Account for sb/sth is often used in the passive in this meaning. account for sb/sth 作此义时常用于被动语态。3.■(old-fashioned) to destroy sth or kill sb摧毁； 消灭； 杀死:Our guns accounted for five enemy planes.我方的炮击落了五架敌机。[G]v+prepac'count for sth 4.■to explain how or why sth happened; to be the explanation for sth解释；说明； 是…的说明:How do you account for the fact that the box has disappeared? 箱子不见了你如何解释？Poor hygiene may have accounted for the increase in cases of the disease.宪生状况差可能是这种病例增多的原因。[OBJ]the fact that… 5.■to be a particular part of sth; to be a particular amount占(某部份)；数量为… :Car crime accounted for 28% of all reported offences.汽车犯罪占所有举报的罪行的28%。Wages account for less than half of the budget.工资占预算开支不到一半。[OBJ]a large amount,a (particular) proportion, (so many) per cent[synonym]make up sth;represent sth6.■to keep a record of how the money in your care will be spent or has been spent说明钱财的使用； 报账:Every penny of the funds is accounted for.基金中每一分钱的使用都报清楚。7.■to consider particular facts or circumstances when you are making a decision about sth, especially when you are calculating the cost of sth(尤指计算成本等时)考虑到，顾及(细节或环境):The cost of the film and the processing were all accounted for in the calculation of the cost of the service.胶片和冲洗的费用均计算在服务成本中。[synonym]take sth into account8.■Account for sth can be used in the passive. account for sth 可用于被动语态:This increase is accounted for by rising taxes.这一增长是由增税引起的。[G]v+prepthere’s no accounting for 'taste(s)9.■used to say that it is impossible to know why sb likes sb/sth that you do not like at all 人各有所好；他人喜好无法解释；人的爱憎好恶是无法解释的:(humorous) ‘She seems to like you.’ ‘Well — there’s no accounting for taste!’ “ 她好像喜欢你。”“本来嘛，感情之事是说不明白的！”
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