词汇 | account for |
释义 | account for transitive verb [account for sth] ① (clarify reason for) 解释…的原因 ‹event, fact, behaviour›; (be the reason for) 是…的原因 ‹event, fact, behaviour›▸ how do you account for the disappearance of the letter? 信不见了,你作何解释? ▸ the accident cannot be accounted for 事故原因不明 ▸ oh, that accounts for it 噢,原来是这么一回事 ② (provide reckoning of) 说明…的下落 ‹missing vehicle, money›▸ all the children have now been accounted for 现在所有的孩子都已经找到下落 ▸ two of the aircraft were never accounted for 其中两架飞机一直下落不明 ③ (represent, make up) 占 ‹proportion, percentage›▸ exports account for 70% of their trade 出口占他们贸易量的70% ④ (destroy, kill) 摧毁 ‹vehicle›; 杀死 ‹soldier, attacker›▸ the Germans accounted for a number of our aircraft 德国人击落我方多架飞机 ⑤ Sport 使…出局 ‹batsman, opponent› |
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