1、account
（银行等的）账户
Some banks make it difficult to open an account.
一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。
I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户，一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。
（书面或口头的）记述，描述，陈述，报告
He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.
他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。
According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
据警方称，亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。
解释;说明
This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour.
这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。
Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.
按照韦伯的说法，科学在本质上是一种价值无涉的活动。
2、extinction
（物种的）灭绝
An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction.
一项努力拯救一个鳄鱼物种、使其免于灭绝的行动已经开始。
Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
很多物种已经被猎杀到灭绝的边缘。
消亡;消灭;不复存在
The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales.
伐木工人说由于木材销量下降，他们的工作恐不复存在。