account for

ausmachen, bilden

Einen bestimmten Teil oder eine bestimmte Menge des Ganzen ausmachen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: account for an amount of something (Rent accounts for half of my monthly spending.)

Synonyme: make up, constitute, represent

Häufige Wendungen: account for half, account for most sales, account for ten percent

erklären, Rechenschaft ablegen über

Erklären, was geschehen ist, warum man etwas getan hat oder wo jemand oder etwas ist.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: explain

Häufige Wendungen: account for an absence, account for missing money, account for someone, account for every penny

erklären, verursachen

Der Grund dafür sein, dass etwas geschieht oder so ist.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: account for something (Heavy traffic accounts for most of these delays.)

Synonyme: explain, cause

Häufige Wendungen: account for the difference, account for a delay, account for something

für etwas einstehen, Rechenschaft ablegen über

Die eigenen Handlungen erklären müssen und die Verantwortung dafür tragen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: account for something to someone (Officials must account for their decisions to the public.)

Synonyme: answer for, be responsible for

Häufige Wendungen: account for your actions, account for your conduct

töten, ausschalten

Jemanden oder ein Tier töten oder etwas so beschädigen, dass es nicht mehr funktioniert.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: account for someone/something (The patrol accounted for two enemy tanks.)

Synonyme: destroy, kill, disable

Häufige Wendungen: account for enemy aircraft, account for several rabbits