/əˈkaʊnt ||; əˈkaυnt/noun[C] 1 somebody's report or description of sth that has happened 记述；报告；叙述: She gave the police a full account of the robbery. 她把劫案过程详细地向警方报告。
2 (abbr a/c) the arrangement by which a bank looks after your money for you 银行账户；户头: to open/close an account 开立／结束账户I have an account with/at Barclays. 我在巴克莱银行有个账户。I paid the cheque into my bank account. 我把那张支票存入我的银行账户。 ☞We use a current account to pay for things with a cheque. We can save money in a deposit or savings account. 有往来账户 (current account)，可以利用支票 (cheque) 付款。储蓄可以存放在存款账户 (deposit account) 或者储蓄账户 (savings account) 里。
3 [usu.pl] a record of all the money that a person or business has received or paid out 账目: If you are self-employed you have to keep your own accounts. 个体经营者不得不自己记账。
4 an arrangement with a shop, etc that allows you to pay for goods or services at a later date 赊账: Most customers settle/pay their accountin full at the end of each month. 每到月底大多数顾客结清赊账。
by all accounts according to what everyone says 据说；大家都说:
By all accounts, she's a very good doctor. 大家都说她是个很出色的医生。 by your own account according to what you say yourself 根据本人所述:
By his own account, Peter was not very good at his job. 彼得说自己不大称职。 on account of because of 因为；由于:
Our flight was delayed on account of bad weather. 因为天气恶劣，我们的班机误点了。 on no account;not on any account not for any reason 无论如何不；决不:
On no account should you walk home by yourself. 无论如何你不该独自步行回家去。 take account of sth;take sth into account to consider sth, especially when deciding or judging sth 考虑，顾及（尤指做决定或判断时）:
We'll take account of your comments. 我们会考虑你的意见。We'll take your comments into account. 我们会考虑你的意见。