account for

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB 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. (數量、比例上) 佔
Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption. 電腦佔了這個國家商業用電的5%。
2. PHRASAL VERB If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it. 導致; 解釋
The gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases. 他們今天發現的那種基因解釋不了所有的那些情況。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it. 解釋
How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?
你怎麽解釋這家公司高得驚人的人員流動率？
4. PHRASAL VERB 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. 對…負責
The president and the president alone must account for his government's reforms. 該縂統竝且衹有縂統一個人必須對他的這些政府改革負責。
5. PHRASAL VERB If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose. 列入預算
The really heavy costs have been accounted for. 這些確實巨大的花費已被列入預算。