accountac•count /ə'kaʊnt/

n

1. C 账户

• open an account 开户

• a current account 活期存款账户

2. [常作～s] 账目，记账

• check accounts 审核账目

• doctor the accounts 窜改账目

• keep accounts 记账

3. C 叙说，描述；报道

• an account of the voyage 讲述那次航程

• a graphic account of the event 有关这个事件的生动报道

4. U 利润，益处

• invest one's money to good account 投资谋取利润

5. U 估价；重要性；价值

• This is a matter of no account. 这是一件无关紧要的事。

• The doctor is considered a man of some account in the village. 这位医生在村子里被看作颇为重要的人物。

词组bring sb.to account 责问某人；要求某人说明理由；批评某人 by all accounts 据大家所说，据各方面报道 call sb.to account 责问某人；要求某人说明理由；批评某人 for account of 为…代销 from all accounts 据大家所说，据各方面报道 in account with 与…有账务往来 make much (little) account of 重(轻)视

• He didn't make much account of my warning. 他不太理会我的警告。

make no account of 不重视

• She made no account of the difficulties. 她不在乎这些困难。

on account

1. 作为部分付款

• She owed $300 and gave him $50 on account. 她欠300美元，给他50美元作为部分付款。

2. 以赊账方式

• buy sth. on account 赊购

on account of 由于，因为

• He could not attend the meeting on account of illness. 他因病不能来参加会议。

on all accounts (或 on every account) 无论如何，总之 not on any account (或on no account) 无论如何别(做)；决不，绝对不

• I will not do that on any account. 我是决不会做那种事的。

• This must on no account be mentioned to anyone.(或On no account must this be mentioned to anyone.) 无论如何不要对任何人提到此事。

on one's own account

1. 为自身利益打算

2. 自行负责

3. 依靠自己，独立地

on (或for)sb.'s account 因某人而

• I asked them not to change their plan on (或for) my account. 我请他们不要因我而改变计划。

settle (或square) accounts with sb. 喻与某人结账；跟某人算账 take account of 考虑到，估计到；重视

• You shouldn't take too much account of that. 你不应该把那看得太重。

• We have to take account of that fact. 我们得考虑到那个事实。

take into account 考虑到

• We must take all the circumstances into account. 我们必须考虑到所有情况。

turn (或put) to (good) account 利用

• The child has learned to turn his time to better account. 这个孩子学会了更好地利用时间。