account for

动词 v.
/əˈkaʊnt foɹ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed. transitive
    — I don't have to account for anything to you.
  2. To be the primary cause of transitive
    — The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.
  3. To constitute in amount or portion. transitive
    — German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.
  4. To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things. transitive
    — His mind accounted for one useless article after another in a vain search for any kind of makeshift tool. Not a scrap of metal, not even a serviceable edge of broken stone or brick, had been left to suggest escape.
  5. To be answerable for. transitive
  6. To destroy or put out of action. transitive
    — Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.
  7. To kill, as in hunting. dated,transitive
    — He accounted for two deer today.

词形变化

accounts for present,singular,third-person accounting for participle,present accounted for participle,past accounted for past

词汇关系

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