account是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 账目; 账户; 计算; vt. /vi. 说明，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- No man could demand from him an account of his actions; God, if he believed in one his conscience, if he had one were the sole judges to whom he was answerable.
-- If we want to sink 3,000 feet, I should keep account of the reduction of bulk under a pressure equal to that of a column of water of a thousand feet.
-- "Ah!bravo, bravo, Captain!Now I can account for this phosphorescence in the supposed narwhal that puzzled us so.
-- How to account for this state of the stomach I could not tell.
-- The days passed rapidly away, and I took no account of them.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I myself can never see why one should take account of people, just because they happen to be in the room with one: why should I know they are there?"
-- But one feels the account is left open, and one would rather it were closed."
-- Close the account in your own soul, if you like.
-- "Yes, but how do you account for her having such an impulse?
-- I can't quite account for it."
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- By his own account he must have lived his life among some of the wickedest men that God ever allowed upon the sea, and the language in which he told these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the crimes that he described.
-- Not one of the men ashore had a musket, and before they could get within range for pistol shooting, we flattered ourselves we should be able to give a good account of a half-dozen at least.
-- Or if that ain't to your fancy, some of my hands being rough and having old scores on account of hazing, then you can stay here, you can.
-- Hawkins, neither you nor I are much account at the shooting; we'll stand by to load and bear a hand."
-- As for sounds, there was the steady drone of the snorers and a small occasional noise, a flickering or pecking that I could in no way account for.
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