account for

占める

全体のうち一定の部分や量を占める。

やさしい英語で： To form a particular part or amount of a total.

• Women account for half the team.
• Online orders accounted for most sales last year.
• How much of the budget does transport account for?

使い方： account for an amount of something (Rent accounts for half of my monthly spending.)

類義語： make up, constitute, represent

よく使う表現： account for half, account for most sales, account for ten percent

説明する、所在を確認する

出来事や行動の理由、人や物の所在を説明する。

やさしい英語で： To explain what happened, why you did something, or where someone or something is.

• Can you account for the delay?
• He could not account for his actions that night.
• Everyone was accounted for after the fire.

使い方： account for something (Can you account for the missing money?); account for something to someone (She had to account for her absence to the manager.)

類義語： explain

よく使う表現： account for an absence, account for missing money, account for someone, account for every penny

原因となる、説明する

ある出来事や状態の原因となる。

やさしい英語で： To be the reason why something happens or is true.

• The rain accounts for the wet floor.
• Her experience accounted for her success.
• Could lack of sleep account for his strange behavior?

使い方： account for something (Heavy traffic accounts for most of these delays.)

類義語： explain, cause

よく使う表現： account for the difference, account for a delay, account for something

責任を負う、釈明する

自分の行動を説明し、その責任を負う義務がある。

やさしい英語で： To have a duty to explain your actions and accept responsibility for them.

• You must account for your actions.
• The officers had to account for their conduct before a judge.
• Who will account for these serious mistakes?

使い方： account for something to someone (Officials must account for their decisions to the public.)

類義語： answer for, be responsible for

よく使う表現： account for your actions, account for your conduct

倒す、破壊する

人や動物を倒す、または物を使えなくなるまで壊す。

やさしい英語で： To kill someone or something, or damage it so it can no longer operate.

• The fox accounted for three hens.
• Their guns accounted for several enemy aircraft.
• Hunters accounted for fewer rabbits than disease did.

使い方： account for someone/something (The patrol accounted for two enemy tanks.)

類義語： destroy, kill, disable

よく使う表現： account for enemy aircraft, account for several rabbits