Question

2．他無法解釋他缺席會(huì)議的原因，這讓老板非常生氣．（account for； 定語從句）
He couldn't account for his being absent from the meeting/his absence from the meeting，which made the boss very angry．．

Answer 1

分析 他無法解釋他缺席會(huì)議的原因，這讓老板非常生氣．

解答 答案：He couldn't account for his being absent from the meeting/his absence from the meeting，which made the boss very angry．考查account for和定語從句．
句子里account for 表示"解釋某事的原因"； being absent from 表示"缺席"；which 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，代指主句．

點(diǎn)評 考查漢譯英．
account for的用法．
1．說明（原因、理由等），是…的原因；解釋，對…作出解釋（或說明）：
Jack could not account for his foolish mistake．
杰克無法解釋自己的愚蠢錯(cuò)誤．
2．說出（錢物等）的處理經(jīng)過，講清（各項(xiàng)花費(fèi)、虧空原因等），說明錢的去向，報(bào)賬：
He has to account to the chairman for all the money he spends．
他必須向主席說明他所花掉所有錢的去向．
3．導(dǎo)致，引起，起因于：
The flood accounted for the bad crop．
水災(zāi)導(dǎo)致歉收．
4．[口語]打死，射死，槍殺；消滅；俘獲，捕獲（人、動(dòng)物）；擊落（飛機(jī)）；【體育】擊敗；擊出場：
The policemen accounted for three terrorists at the airport．
警察在飛機(jī)場擊斃了三名恐怖分子．
5．還錢；為（干的壞事）受處分（或賠款），受到懲罰：
It will take her fifteen years in prison to account for such horrible crime．
她犯下如此可怕的罪行，得坐15年牢．
6．對（或?yàn)椋�…�?fù)責(zé)：
You will have to account for the disappearance of the money．
你要對丟失了錢負(fù)責(zé)．
7．共計(jì)達(dá)；（在數(shù)量、比例上）占：
It accounts for 15 per cent of all air accidents．
它占所有空難的15%．