account是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you need to -- 账户，户头

  • I've opened an account with a building society. 我在房屋互助协会开了个账户。

  • I paid the money into my account this morning. 今天上午我把钱存入了我的账户。

  • UK She paid the cheque into her account. 她把支票存入了账户。

  • US She deposited the check in her account. 她把支票存入了账户。

  • I need to draw some money out of my account. 我得从我的账户上取出一些钱来。

• 1 a written or spoken description of an event -- 报道；报告；记述；描述

  • She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle. 她把自己在丛林中生活的经历描述得惊险刺激。

  • He kept a detailed account of the suspect's movements. 他详细记录了犯罪嫌疑人的一举一动。

  • Several eyewitnesses' accounts differed considerably from the official version of events. 几个目击者对于事件的叙述和官方的说法有很大出入。

  • By all accounts, San Francisco is a city that's easy to fall in love with. 人人都说旧金山是个很容易令人倾心的城市。

  • By his own account, he's quite wealthy. 他自称很富有。

• 2 because of something -- 由于，因为

  • He doesn't drink alcohol on account of his poor health. 出于健康原因，他不喝酒。

• 3 an agreement with a shop or business that allows you to buy things and pay for them later -- 赊销账；赊欠账；赊购

  • Could you put it on/charge it to my account (= can I pay for it later), please? 把这笔钱记在我的（赊购）账上好吗？

  • Do you have an account at this store/with us, madam? 女士，你在我们商店有赊购账户吗？

  • Could you please pay/settle your account in full (= give us all the money you owe us)? 您可以把赊的账全结清吗？

  • If the advertising agency loses this account, it will make a big dent in their profits. 如果该广告公司丢掉了这个客户，他们的利润就会锐减。

• 4 to not be important -- 不重要；无足轻重

  • It's of no account to me whether he comes or not. 他来不来对我来说都无关紧要。

  • His opinion is of little account to me. 对我来说，他的意见无足轻重。

• 5 to think of someone or something in the stated way -- 认为是；视为

  • She was accounted a genius by all who knew her work. 所有知道她作品的人都认为她是个天才。