误:How can you account the accident?
正:How can you account for the accident?
析:account 用作动词时,表示"认为",是及物动词;表示"解 释"、"说明"等,是不及物动词,若需后接宾语,通常借助 介词 for。
误:He couldn’t come on account for his illness.
正:He couldn’t come on account of his illness.
析:on account of(因为,由于)是固定短语。
误:You must take the [an] account of the fact.
正:You must take account of the fact.
正:You must take the fact into account.
析:take account of sth 与 take sth into account同义,均表 示"考虑"、"对...加以考虑",均为固定结构,不要误加 冠词。比较:take an account of(把...入帐,把...列表)。