accoun for(①설명하다 ②원인이 되다 ③ 책임을 지다 ④용도에 대하여 설명하다 ⑤죽이다 ⑥ 차지하다 ⑦소재를 말하다)

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account for

Transnational corporations now account for between 25 and 33 per cent of world output, 70 per cent of world trade. and 80 per cent of international investment. while overseas production by these firms considerably exceeds the level of world exports, making them key players in the global economy controlling the location and distribution of economic and technological resources.

다국적기업은 이제 세계생산의 25~33%, 세계무역의 70% 및 국제투자의 80%를 차지하고 이 기업들에 의한 해외생산은 세계수출수준을 상당히 초과하여 그들을 현지와 경제적 및 기술적 자원의 분배를 통제하는 세계경제의 주요한 행위자가 되게 한다.

account for represent. occupy (비율을) 차지하다

account for

① explain(설명하다). give a reason for. give an explanation for[of](이유를 밝히다).

I can account for the mistake.

The psychologist used a new test to account for overall personality development of students.

There is no accounting for tastes.=Tastes differ.

② cause(원인이 되다)

His carelessness accounts for his failure.

The heat accounts for our discomfort.

③ answer for. make oneself responsible for. bear[take] the blame for (책임을 지다)

You will account for your wrongdoing some day.

cf. take[assume] the responsibility of[for]~의 책임을 지다. take (the responsibility) (up)on oneself. tale on one's own shoulders. shoulder responsibilities 책임을 떠맡다.

④ provide a report on money received, kept, and spent. give an account of (<위탁금등의> 용도[처리]에 대하여 설명하다)

How do you account for the sudden disappearance of the murder weapon?

⑤ kill(죽이다. 사로잡다)

The terrier accounted for two of them.

⑥ represent. occupy(<비율을> 차지하다)

Black people account for 70% of the population of the district.

Imports from Japan accounted for 40% of the total.

Snacks account for 25% to 30% of daily energy intake among adolescents.

⑦ say where all the members of a group of people or things are, especially because you are worried that some of them may be lost(특히 일부가 미로(분실)할까 걱정되어서 구성원이나 물건의 소재를 말하다)

Is everyone accounted for?