account for

“account for”的意思是：说明（原因、理由等）;导致，引起;（在数量、比例上）占;对…负责。

1、PHRASAL VERB（数量或比例上）占

If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.

例句：Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.

计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。

2、PHRASAL VERB导致；解释

If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it.

例句：Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.

不过，他们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的病例。

3、PHRASAL VERB为…提出理由;对…作出说明

If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it.

例句：How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?...

你怎么解释这家公司高得令人忧虑的人员流动率？

4、PHRASAL VERB对（行动、政策等）负有责任

If someone has to account for an action or policy, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails.

例句：The President and the President alone must account for his government's reforms.

总统必须为他的政府改革负责，而且是负全责。

account的常见词组搭配：

by all accounts根据各方面的说法

by sb's account据某人讲

for account of为…代销

for this account因为这个缘故

from all accounts根据各方面所说

in account with与…有账务往来

in an account在账目里

in the last accounts归根到底,终于

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