by somebody's own accountSAY/STATEaccording to what you have said, especially when you have admitted doing something wrong 据某人自己所说 Bentley was, by his own account, over-sensitive to criticism. 据本特利自己说，他对批评过于敏感。
by somebody’s own account• This was the type of man he was looking for and, by his own account, not infrequently found.• But, by his own account, he agreed he would speak to the Shah if they too would do so.• When he was young and full of the new learning of Oxford and Cambridge he appears arrogant even by his own account.• Do the math: Some 2,250 shows by his own account.
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