account for

Two things account for its occurrence.

发生这件事的原因有两个.

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Where petrol and diesel-powered vehicles now account for almost all those on the road, by 2050 they would be in a minority, with some combination of battery, hydrogen and advanced biofuel used in the rest.

今天，马路上跑的几乎全是以汽油和柴油为动力燃料的汽车；而到2050年，它们将只占少数，其余车辆都将使用电池、氢和高级生物燃料所构成的某种混合动力。

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I can not account for his almost impudence.

我无法解释他为什么几乎近似无礼.

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How do you account for losing five games in a row?

你如何解释一连输了五场比赛 呢 ?

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The anaerobic bacterium is well known as the preponderant bacterium causing pulposis and disease of periapical, which account for above two third of oral bacterial amount.

厌氧菌已被大多数学者公认为是牙髓、根尖周病的优势菌，约占其细菌总数的2/3以上。

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How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?

你怎么解释这家公司高得令人忧虑的人员流动率？

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These reasons largely account for the American Civil War.

大致是这些原因导致了美国内战。

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I couldn't account for the lump in my throat as I told him the news.

当我告诉他那个消息时,不知为什么哽咽起来.

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She modestly suggests that "sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference"

她谨慎地提出“性别，至少是男女的性征，也许能解释这个差异”。

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Catering may now account for close on a quarter of pub turnover.

承办酒席现在可能占酒吧营业额的近1/4。

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The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.

那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因.

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Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.

不过，他们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的病例。

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The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.

少数民族占人口的百分之六.

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Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.

计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。

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Together they account for less than five per cent of the population.

他们总共占不到总人口的5%。

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The President and the President alone must account for his government's reforms.

总统必须为他的政府改革负责，而且是负全责。

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The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.

社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。

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I was called to account for my conduct by the headmistress.

我因为行为不检点而受到女校长的斥责.

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These products, in total, account for about 80％ of all our sales.

这些产品总共约占我们全部销售额的80%.

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Ministers should be called to account for their actions.

部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。

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Computers account for 5% of the country'scommercial electricity consumption.

计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。

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She modestly suggests that 'sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'

她谨慎地提出“性别，至少是男女的性征，也许能解释这个差异”。

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Will you account for why you make the silly mistake lately?

你能不能解释一下为什么最近老是犯低级错误?

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Together they account for less than five per cent of the population

他们总共占不到总人口的5%。

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We can not account for his failure in the English examination.

我们无法解释他为什么在英语考试中未考好.

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If every distraction took only 1 minute, that would account for 2.5 hours a day.

如果每一次分神只占用1分钟的话，那么一天中会分神2。5个小时。

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Overall, stress-related health problems account for up to 90% of hospital visits, many of them preventable.

总体而言，与压力相关的健康问题占医院总就诊量的90%，而其中许多健康问题都是可预防的。

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Nevertheless, the company may still be cursing its decision to promote cheap choices over more expensive ones because items on its "value menu" now account for around 20% of all sales, up from 12% last October.

尽管如此，这家公司可能还是要咒骂其做出的促销便宜菜品而不是更高价菜品的决定，因为这些“实惠菜单”上的菜品在销售总额中所占的比例从去年10月的12％上升到了现在的20％。

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Can you account for why our team lost?

你能解释我们队输的原因 吗 ?

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How can we account for the recent population explosion?

我们如何能解释最近人口激增的现象?

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