英汉词典

1. （银行等的）账户
    If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.

account

    e.g. Some banks make it difficult to open an account...
           一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。
    e.g. I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
           我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户，一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。

2. 固定客户，老主顾（尤指公司）
    In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company.

    e.g. Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.
           比加特·唐纳德，这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。

3. 账;账目
    Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends.

    e.g. He kept detailed accounts.
           他记明细账。
    e.g. ...an account book.
           账本

4. （书面或口头的）记述，描述，陈述，报告
    An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened.

    e.g. He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night...
           他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。
    e.g. According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
           据警方称，亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。

5. 解释;说明
    An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it.

    e.g. This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour...
           这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。
    e.g. Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.
           按照韦伯的说法，科学在本质上是一种价值无涉的活动。

6. 把…视作;认为
    If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing.

account是什么意思

    e.g. The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success.
           不过，开战的首日仍被认为是成功的。
    e.g. ...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church.
           其性行为仍然被教会认为是罪孽深重的同性恋者

7. see also: accounting;bank account;current account;deposit account;joint