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🇺🇸 /ʌkˈaʊnt/
noun 编号: A00289 牛津3000 BNC #498 COCA #1071
account 的核心概念是“把事情记下来、算清楚并说明白”：它可以指账目、账户，也可以指解释、叙述、重要性或收益；作动词时主要表示解释、认为或在短语中说明原因。
💡 记忆钩子
把一件事放到账本上，就能把数字算清（账目、账户）；把事情经过和原因讲清，就是作出说明或叙述；如果某人或某事值得被记在账上，就引申出“重要、有价值”。动词 account 则是主动“把事情算清、说清”，尤其常见于 account for。
📝 学习建议
  • 先掌握名词的“账户”和“说明、叙述”，再学习 account for 等短语；不要把 account 只理解成“账户”。
  • 在“对某人来说、为了某人的缘故”中，on someone's account 不是“在某人的账户上”，而是“因为某人或为了某人”。
📖 中文释义
noun
  • core 账目；账单记录
    📖 指把收入、支出、债务、信用等事项记录并核算出来的账目，也可以指对某类事情进行整理和审查的书面记录。
    💡 常用复数 accounts 表示公司的账目或财务记录，如 prepare the accounts、file the accounts。它通常指一套记录，而不是某一笔单独的付款；谈日常消费明细时也可根据语境使用 bill 或 statement。
    The company hired an auditor to check its accounts.
    这家公司聘请了审计员来核查账目。
    The annual accounts show a small loss.
    年度账目显示有一笔小额亏损。
  • common 银行账户
    📖 指银行为个人或机构建立的资金记录，可以存款、取款、转账或收款。
    💡 常说 open、close、check、deposit money into 或 transfer money from an account；account 前面通常用 bank、savings 或 current 等词限定类型。不要把 account 和 card 混用：账户记录资金，卡是访问或使用账户的工具。
    I transferred the rent directly to my bank account.
    我把房租直接转入了我的银行账户。
  • core 解释；说明
    📖 指对某件事为什么发生、某人为什么这样做，或某种现象如何产生作出说明。它强调给出原因、依据或解释框架，而不只是讲述经过。
    💡 常用 give an account of、an account of why 或 provide an account to explain 某事；an account of 不一定是财务账目，后面也可以接事件、原因或理论。表达普通“解释一下”时，explanation 往往比 account 更直接、更口语。
    The report gives an account of why the project failed.
    这份报告说明了项目失败的原因。
    Scientists are still looking for a convincing account of the results.
    科学家仍在寻找一个令人信服的结果解释。
  • common 缘故；考虑到某人
    📖 指行动的理由、动机，或某人得到特别考虑的原因。常见于表示“因为某人、为了某人”的固定表达。
    💡 最常见的模式是 on someone's account，表示“因为某人或为了某人”，例如 Don't change your plans on my account。不要把这里的 account 理解成“账户”；若要表达一般原因，because of 通常更直接。
    Please don't cancel the trip on my account.
    请不要因为我而取消这次旅行。
  • common 叙述；记述
    📖 指对一连串事件、经历或故事的记录和讲述，重点是“发生了什么”的经过，而不一定包含财务内容。
    💡 常用 an account of 加事件或经历，也常与 first-hand、detailed、eyewitness 等词搭配。它比 story 更正式、更强调记录性；写作中不要误译成“账户”。
    She published an account of her journey across the desert.
    她发表了一篇关于自己穿越沙漠经历的记述。
  • rare 估计；评价
    📖 指对某人或某事的估计、判断或看法，强调在心中如何衡量它。
  • rare 重要性；价值
    📖 指某人或某事在评价中所具有的重要性、地位或价值，也就是“值得被认真看待”。
  • core 注册账户
    📖 指某个系统中为特定用户登记的身份和访问权限，用户可以用它登录并使用服务。
    💡 常说 create、set up、log in to、sign in to 或 delete an account；登录时通常用 log in to an account，而不是 log in an account。它既可以指网站账户，也可以指应用、平台或其他系统中的用户身份。
    You need an account to save your settings.
    你需要注册一个账户才能保存设置。
    I can't log in to my account after changing my password.
    我改了密码后无法登录我的账户。
  • rare 清算；旧式说法中的最终结算
    📖 指计算或清算账目；在古旧表达中，也可把死亡委婉地说成去接受最终的清算。
    archaic
  • common 收益；好处
    📖 指某种技能、机会或资源带来的实际好处或收益，强调把它利用起来获得价值。
    💡 常见于 turn something to account 或 put something to good account，表示“充分利用某物”。这里的 account 通常不可数，不能照着“一个账户”的意思理解。
    uncountable
    She put her language skills to good account in her new job.
    她在新工作中充分发挥了自己的语言技能。
accounts plural
verb
  • rare 解释（古旧用法）
    📖 表示对某事作出解释，是已经废弃的及物动词用法；可看作名词“说明”的动词形式。
    obsolete transitive
  • rare 解释（古旧不及物用法）
    📖 表示进行解释或说明，是古旧的不及物用法，现代英语中通常不用它单独表达这个意思。
    archaic intransitive
  • common 认为；把……看作
    📖 表示根据判断把某人或某事归入某种类型，意思接近“认为……是……”。它和名词“评价、看法”的概念相连。
    💡 常见结构是 account someone a hero 或 account something important，也可见于 account someone as something；这种用法比 consider 正式，后面的身份或性质通常直接作补语。不要把它误解成“给某人开账户”。
    transitive
    The villagers accounted her a wise leader.
    村民们认为她是一位明智的领袖。
  • rare 作出解释（古旧不及物用法）
    📖 表示说明某事或为某事提供理由，是古旧的不及物用法，现代英语通常改用 explain 或 account for。
    intransitive
  • rare 计算；计数
    📖 表示计算或数出数量，是古旧用法；现代英语通常使用 count 或 calculate。
    archaic transitive
  • rare 计算（废弃用法）
    📖 同样表示数算或计算，但这一用法已经废弃，学习现代英语时不必主动使用。
    obsolete
  • core 说明原因；占据；考虑到
    📖 在 account for 中，核心都是“把某件事算进解释里”：可以说明原因或解释某个数字，也可以表示某部分占总数的一部分；在 account for someone 中还可表示对某人的去向或行为负责、作出交代。
    💡 根据宾语不同使用：account for a delay 表示“解释延误原因”，account for 40% 表示“占百分之四十”，account for every student 表示“对每名学生作出交代或确保其在场”。不要只把 account for 译成一个固定词，先看它后面接的是原因、比例还是人。
    This factor accounts for most of the difference in cost.
    这个因素解释了成本差异的大部分原因。
    Online sales now account for nearly half of our revenue.
    如今线上销售额约占我们收入的一半。
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 14 组
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
同义词集: account answer for
I can't account for the missing money
上位: declare
to give an account or representation of in words
同义词集: report describe account
Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
上位: inform
keep an account of
同义词集: account calculate
下位: balance, bill, charge, compound, credit, debit
be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
同义词集: account
Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam
上位: be
the quality of taking advantage
同义词集: account
she turned her writing skills to good account
上位: gain, profit
importance or value;
同义词集: account
a person of considerable account
he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance
上位: importance
a record or narrative description of past events; ;
同义词集: history account chronicle story
a history of France
he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
the story of exposure to lead
上位: record 下位: annals, biography, chronological record, etymology, life, life history, life story, recital
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;
同义词集: bill account invoice
he paid his bill and left
send me an account of what I owe
上位: financial statement, statement 下位: check, chit, reckoning, tab, tally
a short account of the news; ;
同义词集: report news report story account write up
the report of his speech
the story was on the 11 o'clock news
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
上位: news 下位: bulletin, communique, despatch, dispatch, exclusive, newsletter, newssheet, scoop
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;
同义词集: explanation account
the explanation was very simple
I expected a brief account
上位: statement 下位: accounting, definition, derivation, deriving, etymologizing, exposition, gloss, interpretation, justification, reason, rubric, simplification, walk-through
the act of informing by verbal report;
同义词集: report account
he heard reports that they were causing trouble
by all accounts they were a happy couple
上位: informing, making known 下位: anecdote, comment, gossip, narration, recital, scuttlebutt, yarn
grounds; ;
同义词集: score account
don't do it on my account
the paper was rejected on account of its length
he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful
上位: ground, reason
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
同义词集: account accounting account statement
they send me an accounting every month
上位: financial statement, statement
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
同义词集: account business relationship
he asked to see the executive who handled his account
上位: relationship
🌳 词源
名词和动词都源自表示“计算、数清”的古法语词根，后来从“算账”扩展到“说明、叙述、评价”。
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Old French conter Old French aconter Anglo-Norman acuntebor. Middle English acounte English account From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).
🔄 变式
- imperat accounted 1st_sg accountedst archaic accountest archaic accounteth archaic accounting present accounts plural
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