- (abbreviation a/c especially in British English, North American English usually acct.)
an arrangement that somebody has with a bank, etc. to keep money there, take some out, etc. 账户 I don't have a bank account. 我没有银行账户。 I paid the money into my savings account. 我把钱存入了我的储蓄账户。 a joint account (= one in the name of more than one person) 联名账户 With internet banking you can manage your account online. 有了网上银行，你可以在线管理你的账户。 - account with somebody/something
Do you have an account with us? 你在我们这里有账户吗？ - account at something
He opened an account at a bank in Germany. 他在德国的一家银行开了个户头。 Interest will be paid monthly into the account holder's current account. 利息将按月支付到账户持有人的活期账户。 What's your account number please? 请问您的账号？
Collocationssee also bank account, budget account, checking account, current account, deposit account, numbered account, savings accountFinance Finance 财务 Income 收入 - earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
在股市上赚钱／赚一大笔钱／发大财 - acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
获得／继承／积累财富／一大笔钱 - build up funds/savings
积累资金／存款 - get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
得到／（给某人）留下遗产 - live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
靠低微的工资／固定收入／养老金过活 - get/receive/draw/collect a pension
领取养老金 - depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
靠福利金／社会保障金过活
Expenditure 开支；支出 - spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
把钱／存款／一大笔钱花在…上 - invest/put your savings in…
投资／把储蓄金用于… - throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
把钱浪费／花费巨资在…上 - lose your money/inheritance/pension
失去钱财／遗产／养老金 - use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
把储蓄用光 - pay (in) cash
用现金支付 - use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
用支票支付；开支票；给某人开支票；接受支票 - change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
预付（某人）订金
Banks 银行 - have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
持有／开立／注销／冻结银行账户 - credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
记入账户的贷方／借方；把钱存入账户／从账户中取出 - deposit money/funds in your account
往账户里存钱／存入资金 - withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
从自动提款机等取钱／现金／30 英镑 - (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
存款；取款 - find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
找到／去／使用自动提款机 - be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
账面有钱／亏空；有盈余；透支 - use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
Personal finance 个人理财 - manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
管理／处理／计划／经营管理／整顿财务问题 - plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
计划／管理／制订／严格执行预算 - offer/extend credit (to somebody)
（给某人）提供贷款 - arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
商定／获得贷款／透支额 - pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
偿还钱／贷款／债务 - pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
以分期付款方式购买某物
Financial difficulties 财务困难 - get into debt/financial difficulties
陷入债务／财务困难 - be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
缺钱 - run out of/owe money
钱用光了；欠钱 - face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
面对／收到一张…英镑的账单 - can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
承担不起…的费用／款项／房租 - fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
拖欠按揭贷款／分期偿还款项／房租 - incur/run up/accumulate debts
带来／积欠／累积债务 - tackle/reduce/settle your debts
处理／减少／付清债务
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1She deposited the check in her account. 她把支票存入她的账户。 I have a savings account with a building society. 我在建筑协会有一个储蓄账户。 I paid the cheque into my current account. 我把支票存入我的往来账户。 Your account is overdrawn. 你的账户透支了。 They have a numbered account in Switzerland. 他们在瑞士有一个编号账户。 The money will be credited to your account tomorrow. 这笔钱明天将存入你的账户。 She opened a savings account at the bank. 她在银行开了一个储蓄账户。 She had taken all her money out of her account. 她已将账户中的钱都取走了。 My husband and I have separate accounts. 我丈夫和我各自都有独立账户。 I'd like to open an account, please. 我想开个赊购账户。 I have an account with another bank. 我在另一家银行有一个账户。 Go and see the manager of the bank where your account is held. 去见见你开户的那家银行的经理。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bank
- building-society
- checking
- …
- have
- hold
- close
- …
- number
- holder
- balance
- …
- account at
- account with
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an arrangement that somebody has with a company that allows them to use the internet, send and receive messages by email, social media, etc. （互联网、电子邮件等的）账户，账号 an email/a Twitter account 电子邮件/推特账户 Millions of accounts have been hacked. 数百万账户被黑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expense
- charge
- credit
- …
- have
- create
- open
- …
- on account
- account at
- account with
- …
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a written or spoken description of something that has happened 描述；叙述；报告 an eyewitness account (= a description given by somebody who saw what happened) 目击者的描述 a first-hand/personal/first-person account 第一手/个人/第一人称账户 - account of something
Can you give us an account of what happened? 你能为我们讲述一下事情的经过吗？ The diaries contained a detailed account of the writer's experiences in China. 日记详细记录了作者在中国的经历。
Synonyms reportreport- story
- account
- version
- report a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast:
Are these newspaper reports true? 报纸上这些报道属实吗？
- story an account, often spoken, of what happened to somebody or of how something happened; a report of events in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast:
It was many years before the full story was made public. 许多年之后，事情的全貌才公之于众。 the front-page story 头版报道
- account a written or spoken description of something that has happened:
report or account? 用 report 还是 account？ - version a description of an event from the point of view of a particular person or group of people:
She gave us her version of what had happened that day. 她从她的角度向我们描述了那天发生的事情。
- a report/story about something
- a brief/short report/story/account
- a full report/story/account/version
- a news report/story
- to give a(n) report/account/version
Extra ExamplesDr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events. 理查兹博士在叙述这些事件时对此作了很好的描述。 He gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident. 他给我们详细叙述了该事件。 She received a glowing account of her son's progress. 她收到了一份热情赞扬她儿子进步的报告。 the newspaper account of the trial 报纸对这次审判的报道 She gave the police a full account of the incident. 她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- blow-by-blow
- …
- give (somebody)
- offer
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- in an/the account
- by all accounts
- by somebody’s own account
- account (of something)
an explanation or a description of an idea, a theory or a process （对思想、理论、过程的）解释，说明，叙述 the Biblical account of the creation of the world 《圣经》对创世的叙述
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- blow-by-blow
- …
- give (somebody)
- offer
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- in an/the account
- by all accounts
- by somebody’s own account
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a written record of money that is owed to a business and of money that has been paid by it 账目 to do the accounts 记账 to keep the accounts up to date 保持账目最新 the accounts department 会计部门 She works in Accounts (= the accounts department). 她在会计部工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2Try to keep accurate accounts. 尽量把账目记准确。 The accounts are all in order. 账目无误。 Your accounts will need to be submitted to the tax office. 你们的账目需要提交给税务局。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- profit and loss account
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- …
- do
- keep
- audit
- …
- be in order
- account book
- account balance
- (British English also credit account)(North American English also charge account)
an arrangement with a shop or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month 赊销账；赊欠账；赊购 Put it on my account please. 请记在我的赊购账上。 We have accounts with most of our suppliers. 我们与大多数供应商都是实行赊购制。 Log in to your account to see how much you have spent. 登录你的账户，看看你花了多少钱。
Synonyms billbillsee also charge account, credit account- account
- invoice
- check
- bill a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of something:
the gas bill 煤气费账单
- account an arrangement with a shop or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month:
Put it on my account please. 请记在我的赊购账上。
- invoice (rather formal
) a bill for goods that somebody has bought or work that has been done for somebody: 指发票、发货或服务费用清单： The builders sent an invoice for £250. 营造商发出了一张 250 英镑的发票。
bill or invoice? 用 bill 还是 invoice？ - check (North American English)
a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant: 指餐馆的账单： Can I have the check, please? 请给我结账。
- the bill/invoice/check for something
- to pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
- to put something on the/somebody’s bill/account/invoice/check
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2Charge this to my account, please. 请把这个记在我的账上。 an account with a large store 在大商店开的赊账账户
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expense
- charge
- credit
- …
- have
- create
- open
- …
- on account
- account at
- account with
- …
- (British English)
a bill for goods or services provided over a period 赊销账；赊欠账；赊购 Departing guests should settle their accounts at the office. 离开的客人应该在办公室结账。 It is best to settle the account each month. 最好每月清账。
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business 商业 a regular customer 老主顾
at bank银行
computing计算机技术
description描述
business records商业记录
with shop
bill
regular customer老主顾
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’.
Idioms
a blow-by-blow account, description, etc. (of something)
- (informal)
a description of an event that gives you all the details in the order in which they happen 原原本本的描述等 He insisted on giving us a blow-by-blow account of what had happened. 他坚持要给我们详细叙述所发生的事情。
by/from all accounts
by your own account
call somebody to account (for/over something)
to make somebody explain a mistake, etc. because they are responsible for it 责成…作出解释；责问
give a good account of yourself
of no/little account
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not important 不重要；无足轻重 Emotional matters were of no account to them during the war. 战争期间感情问题对他们来说无关紧要。
on account
if you buy something or pay on account, you pay nothing or only a small amount immediately and the rest later 挂账；（先付小部分款额的）赊账 Call a cab on account. 打电话以赊账方式叫辆出租车。 Ring for a cab on account. 打电话以赊账方式叫辆出租车。 She bought the furniture she wanted on account. 她赊购了想要的家具。
on somebody’s account
on account of somebody/something
because of somebody/something 由于；因为 She retired early on account of ill health. 她体弱多病，所以提前退休。 The marsh is an area of great scientific interest on account of its wild flowers. 这片沼泽因其野花而成为极具科学价值的地区。
Language Bank because ofbecause ofTopics Change, cause and effectc1Explaining reasons 解释原因 The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of an increase in levels of obesity. 患糖尿病的人数不断上升，部分原因是肥胖人数增加。
The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle. 近年来肥胖儿童的数量急剧上升，很大程度上是由饮食和生活方式的改变引起的。
The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to/the result of changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years. 肥胖儿童人数的增多主要是过去二十年来饮食和生活方式的改变所致。
Many obese children are bullied at school on account of their weight. 许多肥胖儿童因为其体重问题在学校受到欺负。
Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese. 治疗肥胖儿童的困难部分源自父母有时并不认为自己的孩子肥胖。
Childhood obesity may be caused by genetic factors, as well as environmental ones. 儿童肥胖既可能由环境因素引起，也可能是遗传因素所致。
on no account | not on any account
on your own account
on this/that account
put/turn something to good account
- (formal)
to use something in a good or helpful way 善用；利用 He turned his artistic talents to good account by becoming a sculptor. 他成为一名雕塑家，充分发挥了自己的艺术才能。
settle a score/accounts (with somebody) | settle an old score
take account of something | take something into account
to consider particular facts, circumstances, etc. when making a decision about something 考虑到；顾及 The company takes account of environmental issues wherever possible. 这家公司总是尽量考虑到各方面的环境问题。 Coursework is taken into account as well as exam results. 除考试结果外，课程作业也要计入成绩。