account for的意思

account for

  • 高考

基本释义

  • 导致;做出解释

    If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it

例句

  1. 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。

近义词

对…负有责任;对…做出解释;说明……的原因 bear responsibility for、be obligated to