单词 | account for |
释义 | account for vt. fus. 1.(represent)to account for sth(在比例上)占… Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.计算机用电占该国商业用电的5%。 Software accounts for over half of our product range.软件在我们的产品系列中占一半以上。 2.(be the reason for)to account for sth导致某事;能解释某事 Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.目前为止他们发现的基因还不能解释所有的病例。 If she was ill, that would account for her poor results.要是她那时病了, 她成绩不佳就不足为奇了。 3.(give an explanation for)to account for sth说明某事;解释某事 How do you account for the company's high staff turnover?公司员工流动率高, 你如何解释? How do you account for the dent in the car?汽车上那个凹痕怎么回事? 4.(be answerable for)to account for sth + action, policy对…负有责任;对…作出解释 Over the years thousands of police have had to account for their actions before the courts.多年来, 成千上万名警察无奈出庭, 对自己的行为作出解释。 5.(after accident, fire etc)to account for sb(灾后)查找某人 to be accounted for被找到 All the children were accounted for.所有的孩子都找到了。 He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for.他说火车上的600名乘客中仅有200名确认生还。 Four people are still not accounted for.还有4个人没有被找到。 6.(include)to account for sth把…列入(预算或账目) Mr Howard said the $4 million had been accounted for.霍华德先生说那400万美元已经算进去了。 The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for.庞大的裁员费用已经包括在内。 7.(destroy, kill)to account for sb/sth杀死…;消灭…;摧毁…;击败… In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft.五月的头十天, 我们中队至少摧毁了七架敌机。 |
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