call to account

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something. idiomatic
    — "But, Doctor, aren't we to do anything to discover the culprits? A harmless dog is killed, an inoffensive man's reason, if not his life, endangered. Surely someone ought to be called to account—"

词形变化

calls to account present,singular,third-person calling to account participle,present called to account participle,past called to account past
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