account for
动词 v.
美 /əˈkaʊnt foɹ/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
— I don't have to account for anything to you.
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To be the primary cause of
— The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.
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To constitute in amount or portion.
— German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.
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To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
— 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.
- To be answerable for.
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To destroy or put out of action.
— Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.
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To kill, as in hunting.
— He accounted for two deer today.
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