動詞 account for:

1. be the reason or explanation for
2. give reasons for

1. Please account for your disgraceful conduct.
   對你的可恥行為請作解釋。
2. He has been asked to account for his conduct.
   他被要求解釋他的行為。
3. He'll have to account for where every cent goes.
   他得說明所花掉的每一分錢的用途。
4. The treasurer has to account for the money paid to him.
   財務負責人必須說明交給他的錢是怎樣用的。
5. Petrochemicals today account for one fourth of all the chemicals made, in ten years this amount is expected to double.
   石油化工產品現在已占所有化學制品的四分之一，十年后預計這個數目還要加倍。
6. He could not account for his absence from school.
   他無法說明他曠課的原因。