◙ noun 1. a report or description of an event or experience • 报道，记述 »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） »a lively account of Offenbach's score. 对奥芬巴赫乐曲的生动演奏。 2. a record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose • 账；账目 »the barman was doing his accounts. 酒吧男招待在记账。 »he submitted a quarterly account. 他递交了一份季度账目。 [Accounts] the department of a company that deals with such records • 会计科 (chiefly Brit.)a bill taking the form of such a record • [主英] 账单 »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。 3. 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 »a bank account. 银行账户。 »charge it to my account. 记在我的账上。 »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 »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 »another agency were awarded the account. 又一家代理商得到了合约。 [Stock Exchange, Brit.] a fixed period on a stock exchange, at the end of which payment must be made for stock that has been bought • [股票英] 账期交易期 4. [mass noun] importance • 重要性 »money was of no account to her. 金钱对她无关紧要。 ◙ verb 1. [with obj. and complement] consider or regard in a specified way • 认为，看作 »her visit could not be accounted a success. 她的访问算不上成功。 »he accounted himself the unluckiest man alive. 他认为自己是世上最倒霉的人。 2. [no obj.] (archaic)give or receive an account for money received • [古] 报账 »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。
【IDIOMS】
◘ by (或 from) all accounts 1. 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 1. 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 1. make a favourable (or unfavourable) impression through one's performance • 表现出色（或拙劣） ◘ keep an account of 1. keep a record of • 记录 ◘ leave something out of account 1. fail or decline to consider a factor • 未能（或不予）考虑 ◘ money of account 1. denominations of money used in reckoning but not current as coins • 记账货币 ◘ on someone's account 1. 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 1. because of • 因为，由于 ◘ on no account 1. 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 1. 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 1. pay money owed to (someone) • 与（某人）结清账目 have revenge on • 向…报复，跟…算账 ◘ take something into account (或 take account of) 1. 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) 1. (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 1. turn something to one's advantage • 利用；善用
【语源】
1. Middle English (in the sense 'counting', 'to count'): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter 'to count'
【PHR V】
◘ 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。 [一般作 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. 社会安全保障占公共开支总数的1/3。