| 释义 |
accounts /əˈkaʊnts/► SEE ALLby/from all accountssquare your/an account (with sb)square accounts (with sb)
●by/from ˈall accountsused when the speaker does not have direct experience of the thing mentioned but is reporting the ideas, etc. of others 据大家所说；据说◆I’ve never seen any of her movies, but she’s a brilliant director, by all accounts.
我从未看过她的电影，不过大家都说她是个才华横溢的导演。◆It was, from all accounts, a very interesting discussion.
大家都说那是一场趣味横生的讨论。●square your/an acˈcount (with sb)●square acˈcounts (with sb)1. pay sb the money you owe them （与某人）结清账◆You can square your account at the end of the week.你可以在周末结账。2. hurt sb, usually because they have done sth bad to you （向某人）报复；（找某人）算账◆I’m here to square accounts with Murphy for what he did to my sister.我到这里是替我妹妹找默菲算账来了。 |