| 词组 | by all accounts |
| 释义 | by all accountsAccording to the information that is available; based on what people are saying. I don't know how they survived that plane crash. By all accounts, they should be dead right now! By all accounts, this film is the best one of the year! by all accountsAlso, according to all accounts. From all reports available, from what everyone is saying. For example, By all accounts the party was a great success, or They spent a fortune on their cruise, according to all accounts. These phrases rely on account in the sense of "a particular report or description of some event." [Late 1700s] by/from ˈall accountsused when the speaker does not have direct experience of the thing mentioned but is reporting the ideas, etc. of others: I’ve never seen any of her movies, but she’s a brilliant director, by all accounts.It was, from all accounts, a very interesting discussion. |
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