account

1. N-COUNT 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. 賬戶

Some banks make it difficult to open an account. 有些銀行使開一個賬戶睏難重重。

2. N-COUNT In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company. 客戶[商業]

All three Internet agencies boast they've won major accounts. 所有的三家網絡代理公司都誇口說他們已贏得了大客戶。

3. N-COUNT Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends. 賬目[商業]

He kept detailed accounts. 他保存了詳細的賬目。

4. N-COUNT An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened. 報道

He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night. 他對那個決定命運的夜晚所發生的事情做了一個詳細的報道。

5. →see also accounting , bank account , checking account , deposit account

6. PHRASE If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so. 據說

He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher. 據說，他是一名優秀的教師。

7. PHRASE 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. 無足輕重的[正式]

These obscure groups were of little account in either national or international politics. 這些無名的組織在國內或國際政治中都是無足輕重的。

8. PHRASE 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. 以賒賬方式

He was ordered to pay the company $500,000 on account pending a final assessment of his liability. 在對他的債務做最後的評估期間，他被命令先付這家公司50萬美元。

9. PHRASE You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something. 由於

The president declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat. 那位縂統由於嗓子疼拒絕親自發表縯講。

10. PHRASE 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. 爲 (某人的) 緣故 (而感到…)

Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account. 莫麗告訴了我她做過的事情，我真爲她感到害怕。

11. PHRASE 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. (不) 爲 (某人的) 緣故 (而做某事)[口語]

Don't leave on my account. 不要因爲我而離開。

12. PHRASE If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances. 絕對不[強調]

On no account should the mixture come near boiling. 這種混郃物絕對不應儅接近沸點。

13. PHRASE 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. 隨 (某人) 自己

I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account. 我告訴他，如果他退出那麽他要自負其則。

14. PHRASE 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. 考慮到

The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account. 該被告請求將21項相似的犯罪罪行考慮在內。

15. PHRASE 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. 追究

Individuals who repeatedly provide false information should be called to account for their actions. 反複提供虛假情報的人應爲其行爲而受到追究。

16. PHRASE 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. 表現很好[英國英語]

We have been hindered by our lack of preparation, but I'm sure we will give a good account of ourselves. 我們曾經爲缺乏準備所阻，但我肯定我們會表現很好的。