Words and Phrases
知识要点1 account n.叙述;描写;报道;账单;账户
v.说明;解释
(教材原句P30) Zhang Qian,a diplomat,gave a reliable account of the lands of Central Asia for the Han court.
张骞是一位外交官,他为汉朝提供了一份关于中亚地区的可靠报告。
[例] People often give very different accounts of the same event.
人们常常对同一件事的叙述大为不同。
[知识拓展]
(1)on account of(=because of) 因为,由于
on no account(=in no way) 决不
give an account of 报告;叙述;说明
take sth.into account=take account of sth.
对某事加以考虑
(2)account for 解释,说明,占……(比例)