1 PHRASAL VERB (数量或比例上)占 If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it. (数量或比例上)占
SYN constitute, make, make up, compose
2 PHRASAL VERB 导致;解释 If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it. 导致;解释
3 PHRASAL VERB 为…提出理由;对…作出说明 If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it. 为…提出理由;对…作出说明
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How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?. [VERB PREP. noun]
你怎么解释这家公司高得令人忧虑的人员流动率?
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He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for. [be VERB-ed PREP.]
他说火车上的600名乘客中仅有200名乘客的信息得已查明。
SYN explain, excuse, justify, clarify
4 PHRASAL VERB 对(行动、政策等)负有责任 If someone has to account for an action or policy, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails. 对(行动、政策等)负有责任
5 PHRASAL VERB 将(钱款)列入预算 If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose. 将(钱款)列入预算 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
6 PHRASAL VERB 杀死;消灭;打败 If you account for an enemy or opponent, you kill, destroy, or beat them. 杀死;消灭;打败
SYN put out of action, kill [informal] , destroy, put paid to
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