give an account of

基本解释

If one begins with the phenomenology of consciousness one must give an account of the origin of material objects as they arise in conscious experience.
如果一个人以意识的现象学为开始那么他一定会考虑到这些客观事物的起源当他们从意识经验中出现。
Popper for example tried to give an account of science which in no way depended on induction because he thought that Hume had completely undermined that basis.
以帕波尔为例，他尝试给出自然科学一个解释,关于归纳法并无可遵循的途径,因为他认为休谟全完是在架空那个理论基础。
And By doing that they were able to give an account of the position of the planets in the sky , that worked out pretty well. Of the order of five degrees, plus or minus.
这么一来他们就可以,对天空中行星的位置做出合理解释了，而且也很奏效，偏差也只在正负五度之内。

Let me give you an account of myself and let me establish the reasons why you need to go on listening to me and why you should believe my position on this or that political or ecclesiastical topic."
让我向你们介绍一下自己，然后说明,为什么你们要继续听我说以及为什么,你们要相信我的政治或宗教立场，“
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Anyone trying to give an account of Mr Hague's political credo would be hard pressed to fill the back of a postage stamp.
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There is little danger to independence in requiring the governor to give an account of what he is doing to Parliament, nor in his answering questions on it.
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