[əˈkaunt]
n. 账目,账户;说明,叙述
v. 解释,说明
词组/短语：
account for (vt.) 说明(原因等);(在数量上)占
take…into account (vt.) 考虑
on account of (prep.) 因为,由于
on no account (adv.) 决不 (位于句首,句子倒装)
例：
These products, in total, account for about 80％ of all our sales. 这些产品总共约占我们全部销售额的80％。
How can we account for the recent population explosion? 我们如何能解释最近人口激增的现象？
I’ll take your suggestion into account. 我将考虑你的建议。
He was absent from school on account of illness. 他因生病未能去上学。
On no account are visitors allowed to feed the animals in the zoo. 在动物园里,参观者一律不得给动物喂食。