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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第11页（732字）

【词性】：v．

【释义】：

①认为，视为〔The new process was accounted of little value in cutting costs．新程序在削减费用上被视为没有多大价值。

〕②报帐〔He had to account to his father for every penny he spent．他所花的每一个便士都得向父亲报帐。〕③解释，说明〔How do you account for the sudden drop in prices?你如何解释这次物价突跌?〕④杀死，击落，解决〔He accounted for five of the enemy．他杀死了5个敌人。〕‖ n．①帐目，帐②重要性，考虑〔a thing of small account一件无足轻重的东西〕③解释，说明〔No satisfactory account of their failure has been given．他们没有为他们的失败做出令人满意的解释。〕④报告，叙述〔This is the account of their travels．这就是他们的旅行报告。

〕／call to account责问；对…进行清算／on account偿还部分帐款〔He received the radio by paying five dollars on account．他接收这台收音机是先付5美元作为部分付款。〕／on account of因为／on no account决不／take into account，take account of考虑，重视／turn to account利用