account for

1. 說明
   He could not account for his foolish mistake.

   他無法解釋他所犯的荒謬的錯誤。

2. 對……負有責任
   Who will have to account for the misprints in the dictionary?

   誰必須對字典中的印刷錯誤負責？

account to

1. 對……作出解釋
   You'll have to account to me if anything happens to the baby.

   要是嬰孩出了什麼事，你得對我講清楚才行。

bring/call sb. to account

1. 要求某人作出解釋
   Jack was brought to account for the missing cash.

   傑克被要求對這筆遺失的現金作出解釋。

2. 責問
   The boss called her to account.

   老板責備了她。

by/from all accounts

1. 根據各種流傳的說法
   By all accounts he is going to resign.

   據說，他將辭職。

give a good account of oneself

1. 表現出色
   She gave a good account of herself in the basketball match.

   她在這場籃球賽中表現出色。

give a poor account of oneself

1. 表現拙劣
   David gave a poor account of himself in the boxing match.

   大衛在這次拳擊比賽中表現不佳。

on account

1. 作為部分付款
   She owed me $100 and sent $20 on account.

   她欠我一百元，先寄二十元還我。

on account of

1. 因為；由於
   Bill cannot come to the meeting on account of illness.

   比爾因病不能到會。

on no account

1. 絕不
   We must on no account miss the chance.

   我們絕不可錯過這個機會。

on one's own account

1. 為自身利益
   He did it on his own account, not for anyone else.

   他做這件事是為自己的利益，而不是為別人。

2. 依靠自己
   Henry went into business on his own account.

   亨利獨立經商。

take account of

1. 考慮到；體諒
   You must take account of her inexperience.

   你必須考慮到她沒有經驗。

take into account

1. 考慮到；體諒
   They had to take the baby into account when they wanted to go out.

   每當要外出時，他們總得考慮如何將嬰孩安頓好。

• call (or bring) to account
  require (someone) to explain a mistake or poor performance.
• money of account
  denominations of money used in reckoning but not current as coins.
• on someone's account
  for someone's benefit.
• on account of
  because of.
• on no account
  under no circumstances.
• on one's own account
  for oneself.
• take account of
  consider with other factors before reaching a decision.
• turn to (good) account
  turn to one's advantage.