含义: accounts

ә'kaunt
n.
報告, 解釋, 估價, 理由, 利潤, 算賬, 帳目
vi.
報帳, 解釋, 導致, 報償, 占, 殺死
vt.
認為[計] 帳戶, 帳號[化] 帳單

counts 成语

settle accounts with

pay what one owes 同…算清账
He used to settle accounts with the grocer at the end of each month．他总是每月底同杂货商结账。

square accounts

Idiom(s): square accounts (with sb) (2)

Theme: RECIPROCITY

2. to settle one's financial accounts with someone.
• I have to square accounts with the bank this week, or it'll take back my car.
• I called the bank and said I needed to come in and square accounts.

every minute counts

Idiom(s): every minute counts AND every moment counts

Theme: TIME

time is very important.
• Doctor, please try to get here quickly. Every minute counts.
• When you take a test, you must work rapidly because every minute counts.
• When you're trying to meet a deadline, every moment counts.

cook the accounts

Idiom(s): cook the accounts

Theme: ACCOUNTING

to cheat in bookkeeping; to make the accounts appear to balance when they do not.
• Jane was sent to jail for cooking the accounts of her mother's store.
• It's hard to tell whether she really cooked the accounts or just didn't know how to add.

balance the accounts

Idiom(s): balance the accounts AND balance the books

Theme: ACCOUNTING

to determine through accounting that accounts are in balance, that all money is accounted for.
• Jane was up all night balancing the accounts.
• The cashier was not allowed to leave the bank until the manager balanced the books.

every moment counts

according to all accounts

according to all accounts
see by all accounts.

by all accounts

by all accounts
Also, according to all accounts. From all reports available, from what everyone is saying. For example, By all accounts the party was a great success, or They spent a fortune on their cruise, according to all accounts. These phrases rely on account in the sense of “a particular report or description of some event.” [Late 1700s]

More Idioms/Phrases

by by a hair by a thread by all accounts by any stretch

English Vocalbulary

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