1、take over
接收,接管(公司)
A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways.
一家英国报纸称,英国航空公司计划接管环球航空公司。
(武力)占领,接管,控制
The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate.
比利时人依照国际联盟的授权接管了卢旺达。
The parliament in Madrid was taken over by civil guards.
马德里议会大厦被国民警卫队接管了。
接替;接任;接手
His widow has taken over the running of his empire, including six London theatres.
他的遗孀已接手管理他创下的帝国,其中包括 6 家伦敦剧院。
In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor.
1966 年,帕斯特·艾伯茨接替他担任主管市长。
取代;代替;占上风
Cars gradually took over from horses.
汽车逐渐替代了马匹。
When the final vote came, rationality took over.
最后一轮投票时,理性占了上风。
2、account for
(数量或比例上)占
Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.
计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。
为…提出理由;对…作出说明
How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?
你怎么解释这家公司高得令人忧虑的人员流动率?
He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for.
他说火车上的600名乘客中仅有200名乘客的信息得已查明。
导致;解释
Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.
不过,他们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的病例。











