account for

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.
   1. 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.
   1. 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.
   1. 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？
   2. He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for.
      他说火车上的600名乘客中仅有200名乘客的信息得已查明。
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.
   1. 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。
5. PHRASAL VERB 将（钱款）列入预算
   If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose.
   1. The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for.
      非常庞大的裁员开支已被列入预算。
6. PHRASAL VERB 杀死；消灭；打败
   If you account for an enemy or opponent, you kill, destroy, or beat them.
   1. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft...
      5月的头10天里我们中队至少报销了7架敌机。
   2. In the final they accounted for Brentford by three goals to two.
      决赛时他们以3比2击败了布伦特福德队。

1. Catering may now account for close on a quarter of pub turnover.
   承办酒席现在可能占酒吧营业额的近1/4。
2. Ministers should be called to account for their actions.
   部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。
3. 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。
4. 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？
5. He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for.
   他说火车上的600名乘客中仅有200名乘客的信息得已查明。
6. 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。
7. The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for.
   非常庞大的裁员开支已被列入预算。
8. In the final they accounted for Brentford by three goals to two.
   决赛时他们以3比2击败了布伦特福德队。
9. The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.
   社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。
10. She modestly suggests that 'sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'
    她谨慎地提出“性别，至少是男女的性征，也许能解释这个差异”。
11. The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.
    少数民族占人口的百分之六。
12. If you don't give us a receipt, how are we going to account for it?
    你不开收据，我们回去怎么交差？
13. Two things account for its occurrence.
    发生这件事的原因有两个。
14. How do you account for the dent in the car?
    你对车上的凹痕作何解释？
15. I'll draw up a detailed account for you.
    我会给你一份清账。
16. How are you going to account for this?
    这个问题你怎么交代？
17. Crude oil and natural gas production account for nearly half of GDP.
    原油和天然气的生产占了GDP的近半数。
18. How to account for these national differences?
    如何解释这些国与国之间的差别？
19. The following reasons can account for this phenomenon.
    以下原因可以解释这一现象。
20. You should account for the overhead of implementing and maintaining this automation during effort estimation and project planning.
    在工作预估和项目规划期间，应该考虑实现和维护此自动化的开销。
21. You have to account for the dependencies with other teams and managers.
    您必须考虑对其他团队和管理员的依赖性。
22. I'd like to have a joint account for my wife and myself.
    我想要一个我和我太太的联合账户。
23. India and China account for about half of global consumer demand for gold.
    印度和中国占了全球消费者黄金需求的一半左右。
24. I have a personal saving account and a current account for my company.
    我有一个个人储蓄账户和一个公司来往账户。
25. Can you account for the money you spent?
    你能与我说明一下那钱都花在哪了？
26. We should pay more attention to the poor and disadvantaged groups because they account for the majority of society.
    我们的经济工作和社会发展都要更多地关注穷人，关注弱势群体，因为他们在我们的社会中还占大多数。
27. We asked him to account for his conduct.
    我们要他对自己的行为加以解释。

verb

1. give reasons for
   1. Can you account for all these absences?

2. be the reason or explanation for
   1. The recession accounts for the slow retail business