1、account
（銀行等的）賬戶
Some banks make it difficult to open an account.
一些銀行把開戶弄得很麻煩。
I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
我在國民威斯敏斯特銀行有兩個賬戶，一個儲蓄賬戶和一個活期存款賬戶。
（書面或口頭的）記述，描述，陳述，報告
He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.
他詳細描述了那個災難性夜晚所發生的事。
According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
據警方稱，亨特夫婦被發現死在家里廚房的地板上。
解釋;說明
This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour.
這個實用的基礎模型較為簡略地解釋了人類的行為。
Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.
按照韋伯的說法，科學在本質上是一種價值無涉的活動。
2、extinction
（物種的）滅絕
An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction.
一項努力拯救一個鱷魚物種、使其免于滅絕的行動已經開始。
Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
很多物種已經被獵殺到滅絕的邊緣。
消亡;消滅;不復存在
The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales.
伐木工人說由于木材銷量下降，他們的工作恐不復存在。