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vt 认为

• account him a fool 觉得他傻

• account him wise 觉得他聪明

vi

1. 说明(原因、钱的用途等)，解释

• The little boy failed to account for his absence from school. 小男孩没能说明旷课的原因。

• How would you account for the accident? 你如何解释这个事故？

• There's no accounting for taste. 各人好恶无法解释清楚。

2. 引起

• The drought accounted for the crop failure. 干旱导致庄稼歉收。

3. 击败(球手)；杀死

• Our gunmen accounted for 9 terrorists at the airport. 我们的枪手在机场击毙了9名恐怖分子。

4. 报账

• account to the company for the expenditure 向公司汇报开支

5. (在数量等方面)占

• This accounts for 12% of all the accidents. 这占所有事故的12%。