account for的用法是怎样的？

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

account for ...%
represent ...%

如：Girls account for about 50% in the class. 这个班女生约占50%。
The continental shelves represent 18% of the earth's total land area. 大陆架占地球总陆地面积的18%。

percent

Thirty percent of the farmland has been planted to oil crops.
百分之三十的农田已种上油料作物。
Over ninety percent of the islanders here are illiterate.
这儿的岛民,百分之九十以上都是文盲。

account
英 [əˈkaʊnt]
美 [əˈkaʊnt]

n.
账，账目; 存款; 记述，报告; 理由。

vi.
解释; 导致; 报账。
vt.
认为; 把…视作。

[例句]

Some banks make it difficult to open an account一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。