The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history.

这本书对该项技术及其历史作了极其简明的叙述。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.

该书前言记述了作者生平。

《新英汉大辞典》

The book provides a thoughtful account of the conflicts and disasters that changed his mind.

本书颇具思想地讲述了改变Vieira de Mello观念的各种冲突与灾难。

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If so, why does the book of Joshua provide such a different account, one of outside conquest by means of a war led by the hosts of the Lord?

若这样，为什么《约书亚书》中是完全不同的描述，是由上帝所带领的外部侵略战争？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher. They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book, that would give some account of its origin and give some defense for its publication and its content.

你们所读到的那篇短文就是在法国出版商的要求下写的,他们希望他写些什么来让人们对这本书产生更多的好感,来交待这本书的缘起,并且为它的内容和它的出版进行辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I calculated in Hector Davis's account book that the biggest week he had and he had some big weeks but he had a week in 1859 where he made a cool, approximately,$120,000.00 in profit, just from selling slaves.

我计算了一下赫克托·戴维斯的会计账簿,这是他获利最丰收的一个星期,当然他有很多获利丰盈的星期,但在1859年的某个星期他大赚了一笔,仅仅在销售奴隶上,就赚到了近12万美元的利润

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The most vivid part of Moran's book is his account of Kemmler's execution, which was horribly botched.

FORBES: The Warlock of Menlo Park

Mr McCain comes off badly too, but the book's account is tinged with sadness, as The Economist's own reporting of the maverick politician's tragic final act was also inclined to be.

ECONOMIST: How Barack Obama beat the Clintons and won the White House

The first third of the book gives an absorbing account of the making of an economist.

ECONOMIST: Milton Friedman