Accounting

(noun.) a system that provides quantitative information about finances.

(noun.) a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; 'he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions'.

(noun.) a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts.

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• But there is no accounting for these things. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In the end, however, the complainant had nothing to show for all his struggle, as the master who made the accounting set the damages at one dollar! 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Polly and I were clinging to that hypothesis as the most lenient way of accounting for your eccentricity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Besides accounting for old experimental results it suggests new lines of work and even enables one to predict the outcome of further investigation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Without accounting for transport. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• There--I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I know a gentleman who was fond of accounting for everything in a philosophical way. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• This is the nearest approach that any theory of mine can make towards accounting for a result which was visible matter of fact. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Here you have my method of accounting for the principal phenomena, which I submit to your candid examination. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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