Definition: to be the reason for something, or to explain the reason for something Level: C2
你能解释你上周五缺席的原因吗？
Can you ___account ___for your absence last Friday?
他和卡罗琳吵了一架，这解释了他今天早上的坏心情。
He'd had an argument with Caroline, which ___accounts ___for his bad mood this morning.
她被要求解释丢失的钱的原因。
She was asked to ___account ___for the missing money.
