DESCRIPTION 描述, a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process

叙述，描写，报道:

He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.

他惊讶得无法描述发生了什么事。

a blow-by-blow account of how England lost to Portugal

英格兰队如何负于葡萄牙队的一五一十的报道

Chomsky's account of how children learn their first language

乔姆斯基关于儿童如何学习第一语言的描述

Eye-witness accounts told of the unprovoked shooting of civilians.

目击者讲到平民无故被枪击。

This gives a first-hand account of the war.

这是这场战争的第一手报道。

AT A BANK 在银行written abbreviation a / c or acct. an arrangement in which a bank keeps your money safe so that you can pay more in or take money out 账户:

My salary is paid into my bank account.

我的工资直接存入我的银行账户。

I've opened an account with Barclay's Bank.

我在巴克莱银行开了一个账户。

My husband and I have a joint account (=one that is shared between two people) .

我和丈夫有个联名账户。

take account of sth also take sth into account, to consider or include particular facts or details when making a decision or judgment about something

考虑到某事，把某事考虑进去:

These figures do not take account of changes in the rate of inflation.

这些数字没有把通货膨胀率的变化考虑进去。

on account of sth, because of something else, especially a problem or difficulty

因为某事，由于某事:

She was told to wear flat shoes, on account of her back problem.

因为背部有毛病，她被建议穿平底鞋。

accounts

on account, if you buy goods on account, you take them away with you and pay for them later

赊账

WITH A SHOP / COMPANY 商店/公司, an arrangement that you have with a shop or company, which allows you to buy goods or use a service now and pay for them later

〔购买某产品或使用某服务的〕赊购账; 赊欠账户;

Can you charge this to my account please?

你能把这记在我的（赊购）账上吗？

an unlimited-use Internet account

一个能无限使用的因特网账户

BILL 账单, a statement that shows how much money you owe for things you have bought from a shop

账单;

James left the restaurant, settling his account by credit card.

詹姆斯用信用卡结账后离开了餐厅。

ARRANGEMENT TO SELL GOODS 售货安排, an arrangement to sell goods and services to another company over a period of time

〔给予售货和服务安排的〕客户:

Our sales manager has secured several big accounts recently.

我们的销售部经理最近拉到了好几家大客户。

by / from all accounts, according to what a lot of people say

根据各方面所说:

It has, from all accounts, been a successful marriage.

谁都说这是一桩美满的婚姻。

on sb's account, if you do something on someone's account, you do it because you think they want you to

为了某人的缘故:

Please don't change your plans on my account.

请不要为了我而改变你的计划。

on your own account, by yourself or for yourself

靠自己; 为自己:

Carrie decided to do a little research on her own account.

卡丽决定自己做点研究。

on no account / not on any account, used when saying that someone must not, for any reason, do something

决不，绝对不:

On no account must you disturb me.

你绝不要打扰我。

by sb's own account, according to what you have said, especially when you have admitted doing something wrong

据某人自己所说:

Bentley was, by his own account, oversensitive to criticism.

本特利自认对批评过于敏感。

on that account / on this account, concerning a particular situation

由于那个/这个缘故:

There needn't be any more worries on that account.

没有必要再为那事担心了。

give a good / poor account of yourself, to do something or perform very well or very badly

表现好/表现差:

Kevin gave a good account of himself in today's game.

凯文在今天的比赛中表现出色。

bring / call sb to account, [formal] to force someone who is responsible for a mistake or a crime to explain publicly why they did it and punish them for it if necessary

追究某人的责任:

The people responsible for the accident have never been brought to account.

这宗事故的责任人一直没有被追究责任。

put / turn sth to good account, [formal] to use something for a good purpose

善用某物，充分利用某物:

Perhaps she could put some of her talents to good account by helping us.

通过帮助我们，也许她能把自己的某些才能充分发挥出来。

of no / little account, [formal] not important

不重要，没关系:

As she grew up, her father was of no account to her.

她渐渐长大，父亲对她也不重要了。