account

口座、銀行口座

銀行や会社で、お金を預けたりサービスを利用したりするための口座。

やさしい英語で： An arrangement with a bank or company that lets you keep money or use its services.

• I opened a bank account.
• How much money is in your account?
• We closed our account with that company.

使い方： an account with something (She has an account with the local bank.)

よく使う表現： bank account, open an account, savings account

会計帳簿、経理記録

個人や会社が受け取ったお金と使ったお金を示す記録。

やさしい英語で： Written information showing money a person or business receives and spends.

• The accounts show all our expenses.
• An accountant checks the company accounts each year.
• She found a mistake in last month’s accounts.

類義語： books, financial records

よく使う表現： company account, annual account, check an account, file an account

説明、記述

何が起きたかを話したり書いたりしたもの。

やさしい英語で： A spoken or written description of what happened.

• He gave a clear account of the trip.
• Their accounts of the meeting were very different.
• We read a survivor’s account of the storm.

使い方： an account of something (She gave an account of the accident.)

類義語： description, report, narrative

よく使う表現： give an account, detailed account, eyewitness account

考慮

判断するときに何かを考慮することを表す言い回しで使う。

やさしい英語で： Used in expressions about considering something when making a decision.

• Please take the cost into account.
• We took account of everyone’s views.
• Did you take the travel time into account?

使い方： take something into account (We must take your needs into account.); take account of something (The plan takes account of the weather.)

類義語： consideration

よく使う表現： take into account, take account of

説明、解説

出来事や人の行動について、その理由を説明したもの。

やさしい英語で： An explanation of why something happened or why someone acted in a certain way.

• We need an account of why this happened.
• Her theory gives a convincing account of the changes.
• No satisfactory account of his decision has been offered.

使い方： an account of something (The theory offers an account of how these changes happened.)

類義語： explanation

よく使う表現： satisfactory account, convincing account, account of something

占める

全体の一定部分を占める。通常「account for」で使う。

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

• Rent accounts for half my income.
• Online orders accounted for most sales last year.
• How much of the budget does transport account for?

使い方： account for an amount/share of something (Food costs account for a quarter of our spending.)

類義語： make up, constitute, represent

よく使う表現： account for half, account for something

説明する

物事の理由を説明する。通常「account for」で使う。

やさしい英語で： To explain why something happens or is true.

• The rain accounts for the empty streets.
• His illness accounted for his absence.
• Can this theory account for the different results?

使い方： account for something (Heavy traffic accounts for the delay.)

類義語： explain

よく使う表現： account for something, account for differences

収支を報告する、使途を説明する

受け取ったお金をどう使い、管理したかを説明する。

やさしい英語で： To show how money received has been spent or managed.

• You must account for the missing money.
• She accounted for every penny she received.
• The officer accounts to the treasurer for all expenses.

使い方： account for money/funds (You must account for every payment.); account to someone for something (The manager must account to the board for the funds spent.)

類義語： justify, give an accounting of

よく使う表現： account for funds, account to someone