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（銀行等的）賬戶
If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
例句
Some banks make it difficult to open an account...
一些銀行把開戶弄得很麻煩。
I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
我在國民威斯敏斯特銀行有兩個賬戶，一個儲蓄賬戶和一個活期存款賬戶。
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固定客戶，老主顧（尤指公司）
In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company.
例句
Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.
比加特·唐納德，這家駐格拉斯哥的營銷代理公司已贏得了兩個愛丁堡的客戶。
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賬;賬目
Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends.
例句
He kept detailed accounts.
他記明細賬。
...an account book.
賬本
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（書面或口頭的）記述，描述，陳述，報告
An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened.
例句
He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night...
他詳細描述了那個災難性夜晚所發(fā)生的事。
According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
據(jù)警方稱，亨特夫婦被發(fā)現(xiàn)死在家里廚房的地板上。
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解釋;說明
An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it.
例句
This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour...
這個實用的基礎模型較為簡略地解釋了人類的行為。
Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.
按照韋伯的說法，科學在本質(zhì)上是一種價值無涉的活動。
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VERB
把…視作;認為
If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing.
例句
The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success.
不過，開戰(zhàn)的首日仍被認為是成功的。
...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church.
其性行為仍然被教會認為是罪孽深重的同性戀者
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PHRASE
根據(jù)各種說法
If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so.
例句
He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.
他是位有口皆碑的好老師。
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（盡管未必大獲全勝但）出色地表現(xiàn)（自己）
If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
例句
The team fought hard and gave a good account of themselves.
這支隊伍奮力拼搏，表現(xiàn)出色。
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PHRASE
毫不重要;無足輕重
If you say that something is of no account or of little account, you mean that it is very unimportant and is not worth considering.
例句
These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.
這些名不見經(jīng)傳的團體在國內(nèi)政界無足輕重。
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PHRASE
以賒賬方式;以分期付款方式
If you buy or pay for something on account, you pay nothing or only part of the cost at first, and pay the rest later.
例句
He bought two bottles of vodka on account.
他掛賬買了兩瓶伏特加酒。
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PREP-PHRASE
因為;由于
You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something.
例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
總統(tǒng)因嗓子不適而婉拒了親自講話。
A newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together.
看倆人走路時挨得這么近，他覺得他們是新婚夫婦。
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PHRASE
從（某人的）角度；（尤指）設想處于（某人的）情況
Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation.
例句
Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account.
莫莉告訴我她的所作所為，我真是替她感到后怕。
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PHRASE
因為（某人的）緣故
If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you.
例句
Don't leave on my account.
別因為我就走了。
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PHRASE
絕不;切勿
If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances.
例句
On no account should the mixture boil.
切勿讓這種混合物沸騰。
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PHRASE
為了那個/這個緣故
You can use on that account or on this account when you want to say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned.
例句
Wine is radioactive but few people stop drinking it on that account.
酒是有放射性的，可是很少有人因此而戒酒。
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PHRASE
根據(jù)(某人)自己的說法
If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true.
例句
He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.
據(jù)他自己所言，他是個雄心勃勃的工作狂。
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PHRASE
作為個人地；為自身利益地
If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company.
例句
She had plans to set up in business on her own account.
她計劃自己創(chuàng)業(yè)。
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PHRASE
自主自愿地;責任自負地
If you do something on your own account, you do it because you want to and without being asked, and you take responsibility for your own action.
例句
I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account.
我告訴他，如果他退出，責任自負。
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PHR-RECIP
（與敵人或?qū)κ郑Q戰(zhàn)，算賬，了結(jié)恩怨
To settle accounts with an enemy or opponent means to bring your fight or quarrel to an end by defeating them.
例句
...until the great day came when the Germans could finally settle accounts with the British...
直到德國人最終能和英國人清算舊賬的重大日子的來臨
Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.
他們經(jīng)常被黑幫每晚火拼的槍聲所吵醒。
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PHRASE
考慮到；把…計算在內(nèi)
If you take something into account, or take account of something, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do.
例句
The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...
被告要求考慮到類似的21起違法行為的情況。
Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.
城市規(guī)劃人員在實際工作中必須把社會各利益集團都考慮在內(nèi)。
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PHRASE
（對所做的錯事）被要求解釋并遭斥責，被問責
If someone is called, held, or brought to account for something they have done wrong, they are made to explain why they did it, and are often criticized or punished for it.
例句
Ministers should be called to account for their actions.
部長們應該對他們的行為作出解釋。