account /əˈkaʊnt/ CET4 TEM4 ( accounting, accounted, accounts )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it. 账户

  例：

  Some banks make it difficult to open an account.

  有些银行使开一个账户困难重重。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company. 客户 [商业]

  例：

  All three Internet agencies boast they've won major accounts.

  所有的三家网络代理公司都夸口说他们已赢得了大客户。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends. 账目 [商业]

  例：

  He kept detailed accounts.

  他保存了详细的账目。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened. 报道

  例：

  He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.

  他对那个决定命运的夜晚所发生的事情做了一个详细的报道。

• 5. 

  → see also accounting, bank account, checking account, deposit account

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so. 据说

  例：

  He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.

  据说，他是一名优秀的教师。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is of no account or of little account, you mean that it is very unimportant and is not worth considering. 无足轻重的 [正式]

  例：

  These obscure groups were of little account in either national or international politics.

  这些无名的组织在国内或国际政治中都是无足轻重的。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you buy or pay for something on account, you pay nothing or only part of the cost at first, and pay the rest later. 以赊账方式

  例：

  He was ordered to pay the company $500,000 on account pending a final assessment of his liability.

  在对他的债务做最后的评估期间，他被命令先付这家公司50万美元。

• 9. 

  PHRASE You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something. 由于

  例：

  The president declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat.

  那位总统由于嗓子疼拒绝亲自发表演讲。

• 10. 

  PHRASE Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation. 为 (某人的) 缘故 (而感到…)

  例：

  Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account.

  莫丽告诉了我她做过的事情，我真为她感到害怕。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you. (不) 为 (某人的) 缘故 (而做某事) [口语]

  例：

  Don't leave on my account.

  不要因为我而离开。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances. 绝对不 [强调]

  例：

  On no account should the mixture come near boiling.

  这种混合物绝对不应当接近沸点。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you do something on your own account, you do it because you want to and without being asked, and you take responsibility for your own action. 随 (某人) 自己

  例：

  I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account.

  我告诉他，如果他退出那么他要自负其则。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If you take something into account, or take account of something, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do. 考虑到

  例：

  The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account.

  该被告请求将21项相似的犯罪罪行考虑在内。

• 15. 

  PHRASE If someone is called, held, or brought to account for something they have done wrong, they are made to explain why they did it, and are often criticized or punished for it. 追究

  例：

  Individuals who repeatedly provide false information should be called to account for their actions.

  反复提供虚假情报的人应为其行为而受到追究。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful. 表现很好 [英国英语]

  例：

  We have been hindered by our lack of preparation, but I'm sure we will give a good account of ourselves.

  我们曾经为缺乏准备所阻，但我肯定我们会表现很好的。