Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
account [əˈkaunt]
I n
[c]
1 (with bank, at shop) 账(賬)户(戶) zhànghù [个 gè]
- I have an account with Barclays.
我在巴克莱(萊)银(銀)行有一个(個)账(賬)户(戶)。 Wǒ zài Bākèlái yínháng yǒu yī gè zhànghù.
2 (Comm) (=client, customer) 客户(戶) kèhù
- The agency has won two important new accounts.
代理公司赢(贏)得了两(兩)个(個)重要的新客户(戶)。 Dàilǐ gōngsī yíngdéle liǎng gè zhòngyào de xīn kèhù.
3
(=report) 描述 miáoshù [番 fān]
- He gave an account of what happened.
他对(對)发(發)生的事情做了一番描述。 Tā duì fāshēng de shìqing zuòle yīfān miáoshù.
II
accounts n pl (Comm) 账(賬) zhàng
accounts n pl (Comm) 账(賬) zhàng
- He kept the accounts.
他记(記)账(賬)。 Tā jì zhàng.
III vt
▶ to be accounted sth (frm) 被视(視)为(為)某事 bèi shìwéi mǒushì
account for vt fus
不可拆分
- to buy/pay for sth on account
分期付款购(購)买(買)某物 fēnqī fùkuǎn gòumǎi mǒuwù - to give a good account of o.s.
使自己表现(現)不错(錯) shǐ zìjǐ biǎoxiàn bùcuò - to be brought or called or held to account for sth
被要求就某事作出解释(釋) bèi yāoqiú jiù mǒushì zuòchū jiěshì - to be of no/little account
(frm)完全不/不大重要 wánquán bù/bù dà zhòngyào - on no account
绝(絕)对(對)不 juéduì bù - on account of
因为(為) yīnwèi - to take sth into account, take account of sth
考虑(慮)到某事 kǎolǜ dào mǒushì - by or from all accounts
根据(據)大家所说(說) gēnjù dàjiā suǒ shuō
1
(=explain) 解释(釋) jiěshì
- How do you account for the company's high staff turnover?
你如何解释(釋)公司如此频(頻)繁的人事变(變)动(動)? Nǐ rúhé jiěshì gōngsī rúcǐ pínfán de rénshì biàndòng?
2
(=represent) 占(佔) zhàn
- Software accounts for over half of our product range.
软(軟)件产(產)品占(佔)我们(們)产(產)品系列的一半以上。 Ruǎnjiàn chǎnpǐn zhàn wǒmen chǎnpǐn xìliè de yībàn yǐshàng.
- to be not accounted for
未解释(釋)的 wèi jiěshì de