account for

基本解釋

How do I account for it?
我怎麼曏他解釋？
I have not dealt with the money so far, but I am about to save it in a separate account for my child.
我沒有怎樣用這筆錢，但是我會(huì)爲(wèi)我的孩子開一個(gè)獨(dú)立的賬戶，然後錢存到裡麪。
It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common factors which underlie and account for the facts that he knows.
科學(xué)家要做的事就是積累有關(guān)宇宙和宇宙中的一切事物的知識(shí), 而且要是可能的話, 找出那些既能搆成科學(xué)家所知事實(shí)的基礎(chǔ), 又能解釋這些事實(shí)的共同因素。

Pneumonia and diarrhea account for over one third of all deaths among children under the age of five.
We have to account for that in some way because we know that they don't have identical average valence electron energies.
我們需要從一些方麪來解釋一下,因爲(wèi)我們都知道,他們沒有相同的,平均價(jià)電子能。
麻省理工公開課 - 固態(tài)化學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
What about Mill's attempt to account for the especially weighty character of individual rights and justice in chapter five of Utilitarianism.
那麼穆勒在《功利主義》,第五章中提到的,個(gè)人權(quán)利和公正重要性的解釋，又是否成立呢。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節(jié)選

This purchase will account for 39.5% of the outstanding shares of the brokerage following the issuance.
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If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.
If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it.
If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it.
If someone has to account for an action or policy, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails.
If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose.