高考英语实用短语 account for


释义：

account for 对…负有责任；对…做出解释；说明……的原因；导致；（比例）占

例句：


How do you account for the fact that unemployment is still rising?

你如何解释失业人数仍在增加这个现实？



How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?

你怎么解释这家公司高得惊人的人员流动率？



Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.

电脑占了这个国家商业用电的5%。



The gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.

他们今天发现的那种基因解释不了所有的那些情况。



Paul appeared before the faculty to account for his various misdemeanours.

保罗在全体教职员面前解释了他的种种不端行为。



Currently, disposables account for about 80% to 85% of the $3 billion-plus annual diaper market.

目前，一次性尿布占年销售额30多亿美元的尿布市场的80%至85%左右。



The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.

社会服务性事业占政府开支的相当大的一部分。



How do I account for it?

我怎么解释呢？



The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.

少数民族占人口的百分之六。