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| 1 | C an arrangement in which a bank looks after your money . You can deposit (= pay in) or withdraw (= take out) money when you need to （银行）账户，户头 |
| There was only £50 in his bank account. 他的银行账户里只有50英镑。 |
| an overdrawn account (=one from which you have taken more money than you have paid in) 透支的账户 |
| open an account How do I open an account with your bank? 我如何在你们银行开个账户呢？ |
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| 2 | C usually plural a detailed record that a business keeps of the money it receives and spends in a particular period of time 账；账目 |
| The accounts showed a loss of £498 million. 账目表明有498亿英镑的亏损。 |
| | 2a | U the part of an organization that keeps records of the money it receives and spends 会计部 | |
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| 3 | C an arrangement you have with a shop or other business that allows you to pay for goods or services later 赊购账户 |
| I have an account with Marks and Spencer. 我在玛莎百货有个赊购账户。 |
| | 3a | a record showing how much you owe a shop or other business for goods or services you have received 账单；交易清单 | | settle an account (=pay the money that you owe) I’ ll settle my account in the morning. 付账；结账 | |
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| 4 | C a company that regularly buys goods or services from another company 客户 |
| We now have over 30 major accounts. 我们现在有30多个大客户。 |
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| 5 | C an arrangement you have with a company or Internet provider to use a service they provide 服务账号；网络账号 |
| Do you have an email account? 你有电子邮箱账号吗？ |
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| 6 | C a written or spoken report about something that has happened 记述；描述；报告；报道 |
| +of a brief account of the meeting 会议的简要记录 |
| give an account of sth He was too shocked to give a clear account of events. 他惊魂未定，无法清楚地描述事件的发生经过。 |
| eyewitness account (=a description of the details of an event given by someone who saw them) an eyewitness account of a brutal beating 目击报告 |
| | 6a | a detailed description of how or why something happens 阐述；解释 | | The study aims to give an account of modern attitudes towards democracy. 该研究旨在阐述现代人对待民主的态度。 | |
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| - | bring/call/hold sb to account formal
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| to make someone explain publicly why they made a mistake or committed a crime , especially so that they can be criticized or punished for it |
| 尤指作为批评或惩罚而）要求某人对自己的错误（或罪行）作出公开解释 |
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| - | by/from all accounts
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| according to what people say |
| 根据种种说法 |
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| She is, by all accounts, a decent young woman. 据各方面的说法来看，她是个正派的年轻女子。 |
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| - | by your own account
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| according to what you yourself have said |
| 据某人自己所说 |
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| By their own account, the politicians wanted the matter kept secret. 据他们自己所说，政客们想对这件事保密。 |
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| - | give a good account of yourself BRITISH
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| to behave or perform very well |
| 表现出色 |
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| We gave a good account of ourselves, coming second overall. 我们表现出色，总分第二。 |
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| - | of no account/of little account
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| not very important |
| 无关紧要的 |
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| The colour of someone’ s skin should be of no account. 一个人的肤色应该是无足轻重的。 |
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| - | on account
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| 1 | if you buy something on account , you take it now and pay for it later 以赊账方式 |
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| 2 | if you pay an amount of money on account , you pay part of what you owe now and you pay the rest later 分期付款地 | payments on account for the tax year ending in April 1999 于1999年4月份结束之税收年的分期付款 | |
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| - | on sb’ s account
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| if you do something on someone’ s account , you do it because you think they want you to |
| 为某人的缘故 |
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| Please don’ t go on my account. 请不要因为我的缘故要走。 |
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| - | on account of
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| because of someone or something |
| 因为；由于 |
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| She can’ t work much on account of the children. 她主要是因为孩子而不能工作。 |
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| - | on no account/not on any account
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| used to say in a strong and definite way that something must not happen or be done |
| 决不；绝对不；无论如何也不 |
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| On no account should the soldiers be blamed for what happened. 士兵们绝对不该为所发生的事情而受到责难。 |
| A doctor should not, on any account, break his confidence. 医生无论如何都不能失去信心。 |
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| - | on your own account
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| by yourself or for yourself rather than with or for someone else |
| 靠自己的力量；为自己的利益 |
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| He earned £250,000 last year trading stock on his own account. 去年他靠自己在股票交易上赚了25万英镑。 |
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| - | on this/that account
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| used when giving the reason for something |
| 因此 |
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| She was divorced, and on that account alone my mother disliked her. 她离过婚，就因为这个原因我母亲不喜欢她。 |
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| - | settle an account/settle accounts
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| to end a disagreement or argument with someone by defeating them |
| 清算；算账 |
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| They threatened to settle accounts with those who opposed them. 他们威胁要与反对者算账。 |
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| - | take account of sth/take sth into account
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| to consider something when you are trying to make a decision |
| 考虑到某事物 |
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| Compensation awards take into account the pain and suffering caused to the victim. 赔偿金的裁定额考虑到了受害者所经受的痛苦和折磨。 |
| If you take inflation into account, we actually spend less now. 如果你把通货膨胀考虑进去，我们现在其实花费少了。 |
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