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Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete.
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Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while starting up the yoga studio to make it all work.
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In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home.
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After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby.
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One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.
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Oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy.
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According to the FBI, crimes like these accounted for roughly twothirds of all household burglaries in the US in 2013.
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E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in the country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales.
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Which is why I'm considering deactivating(撤销)my account.
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Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account
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But you both need to know what you're doing, who's paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately.
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At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
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What could have accounted for Al Herpin's sleeplessness?
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In fact, they are less significant, but steel-related manufacturing still accounts for 44% of industrial activity.
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It accounts for 80 percent of the region's GDP
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A different interpretation is possible when the actual amount of information acquired by the user is taken into account.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
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I just got a text message from my bank, saying my salary has been deposited in my account.
2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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If you have a G-mail account, you can create, save and send tables in addition to written documents like your cover letter and resume.
2018年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
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The district said it started notifying parents about negative account balances Monday.
2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
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The museum's social media account has been flooded with messages of support.
2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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We need very broad participation to fully address the global tragedy that results when countries fail to take into account the negative impact of their carbon emissions on the rest of the world.
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Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.
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In contrast, the criminal justice system accounted for nearly one out of every five visual backgrounds.
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Agriculture is a water-intensive business, accounting for nearly 70% of global fresh water consumption.
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Overall, stress-related health problems account for up to 90% of hospital visits, many of them preventable.
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Take costs into account when making treatment decisions.
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It is also easier for a dissatisfied company to give its account to another agency than it would be to fire their own advertising staff.
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Of course, no index can account for everything.
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And cross-cultural comparisons can t account for difference of opinion
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The production and application of fertilisers and pesticides account for the largest part of energy use in the modern industrialised agricultural process.
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What accounted for America's baby boom?
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Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical (不道德的)behavior in general.
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Advocates of the practice have taken issue with his team's use of such evidence as news accounts to support his conclusion that goal-setting is widely over-prescribed
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That's because the quest for a unified theory that would account for all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits.
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In still-fertile America it currently accounts for about 40% of total population growth, and in fast-ageing western Europe for about 90%.
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What accounts for the significant decline in humanistic studies today
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What accounts for the younger generation's political strength according to Professor Henry Flores?
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What we have to do is make sure we know what these are and take into account all the possible variables
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What accounts for the failure of some websites to remove photos immediately?
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Crediting my account would be wonderful.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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If every distraction took only 1 minute, that would account for 2.5 hours a day.
2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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In an 1801 drawing from his book, General Zoology Amphibia, George Shaw, an English botanist and zoologist, credited Merian for describing a frog in the account of her South American expedition, and named the young tree frog after her in his portrayal of
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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Overall, stress-related health problems account for up to 90% of hospital visits, many of them preventable .
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These results held true even taking into account that many of the women in the study were breastfeeding their babies.
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While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality.
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(银行等的)账户
If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
例句
Some banks make it difficult to open an account...
一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。
I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户,一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。
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固定客户,老主顾(尤指公司)
In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company.
例句
Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.
比加特·唐纳德,这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。
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账;账目
Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends.
例句
He kept detailed accounts.
他记明细账。
...an account book.
账本
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(书面或口头的)记述,描述,陈述,报告
An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened.
例句
He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night...
他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。
According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
据警方称,亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。
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解释;说明
An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it.
例句
This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour...
这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。
Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.
按照韦伯的说法,科学在本质上是一种价值无涉的活动。
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把…视作;认为
If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing.
例句
The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success.
不过,开战的首日仍被认为是成功的。
...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church.
其性行为仍然被教会认为是罪孽深重的同性恋者
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PHRASE
根据各种说法
If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so.
例句
He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.
他是位有口皆碑的好老师。
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(尽管未必大获全胜但)出色地表现(自己)
If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
例句
The team fought hard and gave a good account of themselves.
这支队伍奋力拼搏,表现出色。
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毫不重要;无足轻重
If you say that something is of no account or of little account, you mean that it is very unimportant and is not worth considering.
例句
These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.
这些名不见经传的团体在国内政界无足轻重。
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以赊账方式;以分期付款方式
If you buy or pay for something on account, you pay nothing or only part of the cost at first, and pay the rest later.
例句
He bought two bottles of vodka on account.
他挂账买了两瓶伏特加酒。
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PREP-PHRASE
因为;由于
You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something.
例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。
A newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together.
看俩人走路时挨得这么近,他觉得他们是新婚夫妇。
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PHRASE
从(某人的)角度;(尤指)设想处于(某人的)情况
Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation.
例句
Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account.
莫莉告诉我她的所作所为,我真是替她感到后怕。
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因为(某人的)缘故
If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you.
例句
Don't leave on my account.
别因为我就走了。
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PHRASE
绝不;切勿
If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances.
例句
On no account should the mixture boil.
切勿让这种混合物沸腾。
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PHRASE
为了那个/这个缘故
You can use on that account or on this account when you want to say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned.
例句
Wine is radioactive but few people stop drinking it on that account.
酒是有放射性的,可是很少有人因此而戒酒。
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PHRASE
根据(某人)自己的说法
If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true.
例句
He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.
据他自己所言,他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。
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作为个人地;为自身利益地
If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company.
例句
She had plans to set up in business on her own account.
她计划自己创业。
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PHRASE
自主自愿地;责任自负地
If you do something on your own account, you do it because you want to and without being asked, and you take responsibility for your own action.
例句
I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account.
我告诉他,如果他退出,责任自负。
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PHR-RECIP
(与敌人或对手)决战,算账,了结恩怨
To settle accounts with an enemy or opponent means to bring your fight or quarrel to an end by defeating them.
例句
...until the great day came when the Germans could finally settle accounts with the British...
直到德国人最终能和英国人清算旧账的重大日子的来临
Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.
他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。
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PHRASE
考虑到;把…计算在内
If you take something into account, or take account of something, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do.
例句
The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...
被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。
Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.
城市规划人员在实际工作中必须把社会各利益集团都考虑在内。
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PHRASE
(对所做的错事)被要求解释并遭斥责,被问责
If someone is called, held, or brought to account for something they have done wrong, they are made to explain why they did it, and are often criticized or punished for it.
例句
Ministers should be called to account for their actions.
部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。
Noun
1. a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services;
"he asked to see the executive who handled his account"2. the act of informing by verbal report;
"he heard reports that they were causing trouble""by all accounts they were a happy couple"3. a record or narrative description of past events;
"a history of France""he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president""the story of exposure to lead"4. a short account of the news;
"the report of his speech""the story was on the 11 o'clock news""the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"5. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;
"they send me an accounting every month"6. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;
"the explanation was very simple""I expected a brief account"7. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;
"he paid his bill and left""send me an account of what I owe"8. grounds;
"don't do it on my account""the paper was rejected on account of its length""he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"9. importance or value;
"a person of considerable account""he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"10. the quality of taking advantage;
"she turned her writing skills to good account"Verb
1. be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something;
"Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"2. keep an account of
3. to give an account or representation of in words;
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"4. furnish a justifying analysis or explanation;
"I can't account for the missing money"