ac·count
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/əˈkaʊnt/
/əˈkaʊnt/
Idioms - (abbreviation a/c especially in British English, North American English usually acct.)an arrangement that somebody has with a bank, etc. to keep money there, take some out, etc.
账户 - I don't have a bank account.
我没有银行账户。 - I paid the money into my savings account.
我把这笔钱存入了我的储蓄账户。 - a joint account (= one in the name of more than one person)
联名账户 - With internet banking you can manage your account online.
通过网上银行，您可以在线管理您的帐户。 - account with somebody/something Do you have an account with us?
您在我们这里有账户吗？ - account at something He opened an account at a bank in Germany.
他在德国一家银行开了账户。 - Interest will be paid monthly into the account holder's current account.
利息将每月支付到账户持有人的往来账户中。 - What's your account number please?
请问您的账号？
Wordfinder- account
- balance
- bank
- credit
- debit
- deposit
- interest
- loan
- statement
- withdrawal
Collocations FinanceFinanceIncomesee also bank account, budget account, checking account, current account, deposit account, numbered account, savings account- earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
- acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
- build up funds/savings
- get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
- live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
- get/receive/draw/collect a pension
- depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
- spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
- invest/put your savings in…
- throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
- lose your money/inheritance/pension
- use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
- pay (in) cash
- use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
- change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
- have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
- credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
- deposit money/funds in your account
- withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
- (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
- find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
- be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
- use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
- manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
- plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
- offer/extend credit (to somebody)
- arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
- pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
- pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
- get into debt/financial difficulties
- be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
- run out of/owe money
- face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
- can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
- fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
- incur/run up/accumulate debts
- tackle/reduce/settle your debts
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- She deposited the check in her account.
她把支票存入她的账户。 - I have a savings account with a building society.
我在建房互助协会有一个储蓄账户。 - I paid the cheque into my current account.
我把支票存入我的往来账户。 - Your account is overdrawn.
你的账户透支了。 - They have a numbered account in Switzerland.
他们在瑞士有一个编号账户。 - The money will be credited to your account tomorrow.
这笔钱明天将存入你的账户。 - She opened a savings account at the bank.
她在银行开了一个储蓄账户。 - She had taken all her money out of her account.
她已将账户中的钱都取走了。 - My husband and I have separate accounts.
我丈夫和我各自都有独立账户。 - I'd like to open an account, please.
我想开个赊购账户。 - I have an account with another bank.
我在另一家银行有一个账户。 - Go and see the manager of the bank where your account is held.
去见见你开户的那家银行的经理。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bank
- building-society
- checking
- …
- have
- hold
- close
- …
- number
- holder
- balance
- …
- account at
- account with
- I don't have a bank account.
- an arrangement that somebody has with a company that allows them to use the internet, send and receive messages by email, social media, etc.
（互联网、电子邮件、社交媒体等的）账户，账号 - an email/a Twitter account
电子邮件／推特账户 - Millions of accounts have been hacked.
数以百万计的帐户被黑客入侵。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expense
- charge
- credit
- …
- have
- create
- open
- …
- on account
- account at
- account with
- …
- an email/a Twitter account
- a written or spoken description of something that has happened
描述；叙述；报告 - an eyewitness account (= a description given by somebody who saw what happened)
目击者的描述 - a first-hand/personal/first-person account
第一手/个人/第一人称帐户 - account of something Can you give us an account of what happened?
你能给我们讲述一下事发经过吗？ - The diaries contained a detailed account of the writer's experiences in China.
日记详细记述了作者在中国的经历。
Synonyms reportreportstory ▪ account ▪ versionThese are all words for a written or spoken account of events.report a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast:- Are these newspaper reports true?
报纸上这些报道属实吗？
- It was many years before the full story was made public.
许多年之后，事情的全貌才公之于众。 - the front-page story
头版报道
- She gave the police a full account of the incident.
她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。
- She gave us her version of what had happened that day.
她从她的角度向我们描述了那天发生的事情。
- a report/story about something
- a brief/short report/story/account
- a full report/story/account/version
- a news report/story
- to give a(n) report/account/version
Extra Examples- Dr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events.
理查兹博士在叙述这些事件时对此作了很好的描述。 - She received a glowing account of her son's progress.
她收到了一份热情赞扬她儿子进步的报告。 - the newspaper account of the trial
报纸对这次审判的报道 - She gave the police a full account of the incident.
她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- blow-by-blow
- …
- give (somebody)
- offer
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- in an/the account
- by all accounts
- by somebody’s own account
- an eyewitness account (= a description given by somebody who saw what happened)
- account (of something) an explanation or a description of an idea, a theory or a process
（对思想、理论、过程的）解释，说明，叙述 - the Biblical account of the creation of the world
《圣经》对创世的叙述
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- blow-by-blow
- …
- give (somebody)
- offer
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- in an/the account
- by all accounts
- by somebody’s own account
- the Biblical account of the creation of the world
- [usually plural] a written record of money that is owed to a business and of money that has been paid by it
账目 - to do the accounts
记账 - to keep the accounts up to date
保持账目最新 - the accounts department
会计部门 - She works in Accounts (= the accounts department).
她在财务部工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2- Try to keep accurate accounts.
尽量把账目记准确。 - The accounts are all in order.
账目无误。 - Your accounts will need to be submitted to the tax office.
你们的账目需要提交给税务局。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- profit and loss account
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- …
- do
- keep
- audit
- …
- be in order
- account book
- account balance
- to do the accounts
- (British English also credit account)(North American English also charge account)an arrangement with a shop or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month
赊销账；赊欠账；赊购 - Put it on my account please.
请记在我的赊购账上。 - We have accounts with most of our suppliers.
我们与大多数供应商都是实行赊购制。 - Log in to your account to see how much you have spent.
登录您的帐户即可查看您已花费了多少钱。
Synonyms billbillaccount ▪ invoice ▪ checkThese are all words for a record of how much you owe for goods or services you have bought or used.bill a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of something:see also charge account, credit account- the gas bill
煤气费账单
- Put it on my account please.
请记在我的赊购账上。
- The builders sent an invoice for £250.
营造商发出了一张 250 英镑的发票。
- Can I have the check, please?
请给我结账。
- the bill/invoice/check for something
- to pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
- to put something on the/somebody’s bill/account/invoice/check
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2- Charge this to my account, please.
请把这个记在我的账上。 - an account with a large store
在大商店开的赊账账户
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expense
- charge
- credit
- …
- have
- create
- open
- …
- on account
- account at
- account with
- …
- Put it on my account please.
- (British English) a bill for goods or services provided over a period
账单 - Departing guests should settle their accounts at the office.
离店客人应在服务处结账。 - It is best to settle the account each month.
最好每月清账。
- Departing guests should settle their accounts at the office.
- (business) a regular customer
老主顾 - The agency has lost several of its most important accounts.
这家代理机构失去了几家最重要的老客户。
- The agency has lost several of its most important accounts.
at bank
computing
description
business records
with shop
bill
regular customer
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’.
Idioms
a blow-by-blow account, description, etc. (of something)
- (informal) a description of an event that gives you all the details in the order in which they happen
原原本本的描述等 - He insisted on giving us a blow-by-blow account of what had happened.
他坚持要向我们详细讲述所发生的事情。 - She gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident.
她向我们详细讲述了这起事件。
- He insisted on giving us a blow-by-blow account of what had happened.
by/from all accounts
- according to what other people say
据说；根据报道 - I've never been there, but it's a lovely place, by all accounts.
我从未去过那里，但据说是个美丽的地方。
- I've never been there, but it's a lovely place, by all accounts.
by your own account
- according to what you say yourself
根据某人自己所说 - By his own account he had an unhappy childhood.
据他自己说，他童年不快乐。
- By his own account he had an unhappy childhood.
call somebody to account (for/over something)
- to make somebody explain a mistake, etc. because they are responsible for it
责成…作出解释；责问
give a good account of yourself
- (British English) to do something or perform well, especially in a contest
（尤指比赛中）表现好，干得出色 - The team gave a good account of themselves in the match.
这个队在比赛中表现出色。
- The team gave a good account of themselves in the match.
of no/little account
- (formal) not important
无足轻重的；微不足道的 - Emotional matters were of no account to them during the war.
战争期间，情感问题对他们来说并不重要。
- Emotional matters were of no account to them during the war.
on account
- if you buy something or pay on account, you pay nothing or only a small amount immediately and the rest later
挂账；（先付小部分款额的）赊账 - Call a cab on account.
打电话以赊账方式叫辆出租车。 - Ring for a cab on account.
打电话以赊账方式叫辆出租车。 - She bought the furniture she wanted on account.
她赊购了想要的家具。
- Call a cab on account.
on somebody’s account
- because of what you think somebody wants
为了某人的缘故 - Please don't change your plans on my account.
请别因为我而改变你的计划。
- Please don't change your plans on my account.
on account of somebody/something
- because of somebody/something
由于；因为 - She retired early on account of ill health.
她体弱多病，所以提前退休。 - The marsh is an area of great scientific interest on account of its wild flowers.
该沼泽因其野花而成为具有重大科学意义的地区。
Language Bank because ofbecause ofExplaining reasonsTopics Change, cause and effectc1- The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of an increase in levels of obesity.
患糖尿病的人数不断上升，部分原因是肥胖人数增加。
- The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of an increase in levels of obesity.
- The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle.
近年来肥胖儿童的数量急剧上升，很大程度上是由饮食和生活方式的改变引起的。
- The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle.
- The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to/the result of changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
肥胖儿童人数的增多主要是过去二十年来饮食和生活方式的改变所致。
- The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to/the result of changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
- Many obese children are bullied at school on account of their weight.
许多肥胖儿童因为其体重问题在学校受到欺负。
- Many obese children are bullied at school on account of their weight.
- Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
治疗肥胖儿童的困难部分源自父母有时并不认为自己的孩子肥胖。
- Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
- Childhood obesity may be caused by genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.
儿童肥胖既可能由环境因素引起，也可能是遗传因素所致。
- Childhood obesity may be caused by genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.
- She retired early on account of ill health.
on no account | not on any account
- (used to emphasize something) not for any reason
决不；绝对不 - On no account should the house be left unlocked.
离开住宅时千万要锁门。
- On no account should the house be left unlocked.
on your own account
- for yourself
为自己 - In 2012 Smith set up in business on his own account.
2012 年史密斯开始创业。
- In 2012 Smith set up in business on his own account.
- because you want to and you have decided, not somebody else
自愿地 - No one sent me. I am here on my own account.
没有人派我，我自己来的。
- No one sent me. I am here on my own account.
on this/that account
- (formal) because of the particular thing that has been mentioned
由于这个／那个缘故 - Weather conditions were poor, but he did not delay his departure on that account.
天气不好，但他并没有因此延期启程。
- Weather conditions were poor, but he did not delay his departure on that account.
put/turn something to good account
- (formal) to use something in a good or helpful way
善用；利用 - He turned his artistic talents to good account by becoming a sculptor.
他成为一名雕塑家，充分发挥了自己的艺术才能。
- He turned his artistic talents to good account by becoming a sculptor.
settle a score/accounts (with somebody) | settle an old score
- to hurt or punish somebody who has harmed or cheated you in the past
（和某人）算账，清算旧账；报复（某人） - ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’
“谁做得出这样的事呢？”“也许是结有宿怨的人吧。” - An embittered Charlotte is determined to settle accounts with Elizabeth.
愤怒的夏洛特决心与伊丽莎白算账。
- ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’
take account of something | take something into account
- to consider particular facts, circumstances, etc. when making a decision about something
考虑到；顾及 - The company takes account of environmental issues wherever possible.
这家公司总是尽量考虑到各方面的环境问题。 - Coursework is taken into account as well as exam results.
除考试结果外，课程作业也要计入成绩。
- The company takes account of environmental issues wherever possible.