英文::account/accountable

(摘自朗文當代英漢雙解詞典第8~9頁)

ac.count n.

1. [C] a written or spoken report; description; story 書面或口頭報告；描述
2. [U] importance; value; worth (正式)重要性；價值
3. [U] consideration; thought 考慮；計及
4. [U] advantage; profit 利益
5. [C] a record or statement of money received and paid out, as by a bank or business, esp. for a particular period or at a particular date 帳目
6. [C] a statement of money owned 所欠帳目
7. [C] a sum of money kept in a bank which may be added to and taken from 帳戶
8. bring/call (someone) to account (for) a to cause or force (someone) to give an explanation (of) 致使或強迫(某人)解釋(某事) b to punish (someone) (for) (因某事)懲罰(某人)
9. by/from all accounts according to what evertone, the papers, etc., say 依照眾人, 報紙等所說
10. of great/no account of great/no importance 很/不重要
11. on account of because of 因為
12. on no account 亦作 not on any account - not for any reason 絕不；切莫
13. on one's own account a so as to advance one's own interests 為了已身之利益 b at one's own risk 自行負責 c by oneself 獨自

account v.

1. to consider 認為

ac.coun.ta.ble adj.

1. [(for)] with the duty of having to give an explanation 有責任解釋
2. [(to and/or for)] responsible 有責任的