account for

1. 说明；证明
   He could not account for his foolish mistake.

   他无法解释他所犯的荒谬的错误。

2. 对……负有责任
   Who will have to account for the misprints in the dictionary?

   谁必须对字典中的印刷错误负责？

account to

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

   要是婴儿出了什么事，我唯你是问。

bring/call sb. to account

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

   杰克被要求对这笔遗失的现金作出解释。

2. 责问
   The boss called her to account.

   老板责备了她。

by/from all accounts

1. 根据各种流传的说法
   By all accounts he is going to resign.

   据说，他将辞职。

give a good account of oneself

1. 表现出色
   She gave a good account of herself in the basketball match.

   她在这场篮球赛中表现出色。

give a poor account of oneself

1. 表现拙劣
   David gave a poor account of himself in the boxing match.

   戴维在这次拳击比赛中表现不佳。

on account

1. 作为部分付款
   She owed me $100 and sent $20 on account.

   她欠我一百元，先寄二十元还我。

on account of

1. 由于；因为
   Bill cannot come to the meeting on account of illness.

   比尔因病不能到会。

on no account

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

   我们决不可错过这个机会。

on one's own account

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

   他做这件事是为自己的利益，而不是为别人。

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

   亨利独立经商。

take account of

1. 考虑到；体谅
   You must take account of her inexperience.

   你必须考虑到她没有经验。

take into account

1. 考虑到；体谅
   They had to take the baby into account when they wanted to go out.

   每当要外出时，他们总得考虑如何将婴儿安顿好。

• 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.