accounted-for
accounted-for — 片語動詞
1. to represent a particular amount or percentage when all items in a group are add
佔
在總數中佔有特定比例
to represent a particular amount or percentage when all items in a group are added together
The education budget accounted for the largest single expense in the state's annual spending plan.
教育預算在該州的年度支出計劃中佔了最大單項開支。
account for + [superlative] + in + [domain]
Renewable energy sources accounted for just under a quarter of the region's total electricity generation.
再生能源在該地區總發電量中佔了不到四分之一。
account for + percentage/fraction + of + [total]
Young adults aged eighteen to twenty-five accounted for roughly forty percent of all ticket sales.
十八至二十五歲的年輕人在所有門票銷售中佔了約百分之四十。
account for + [demographic] + percentage + of + [category]
The two mining projects accounted for over seventy percent of the province's total export earnings.
兩個礦業專案佔了該省總出口收入的七成以上。
Online sales accounted for an increasing share of the retail chain's overall profits each year.
網路銷售在該零售連鎖店的整體利潤中所佔份額逐年增加。
- account for + percentage/proportion/share
- account for + of + total
- account for + largest/smallest portion
- make up
more informal; used especially in everyday speech and business contexts
- constitute
more formal; common in academic, legal, and official writing
- represent
neutral register; emphasises the symbolic or statistical picture
- comprise
formal; typically used when listing all parts that together form a whole
文法句型
account for + (percentage/proportion/amount) + of + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used with percentages, fractions, or proportions (e.g., accounted for 60%, accounted for a third, accounted for the largest share). The subject is typically a category, sector, demographic group, or geographic area being measured against a total.