Subject：The teacher will bring you to account.

迷你對話

A: What should I do? I missed one exam.

怎么辦呀？我缺考一科。

B: You had better get prepared. The teacher will bring you to account.

你最好做好準備，老師會要求你解釋的。

地道表達

bring sb. to account

1. 解詞釋義

Account有很多不同的解釋，它既可以做名詞，也可以做動詞用。Bring sb to account中的account是名詞，意思是“解釋，說明”，整個短語的意思是“要求某人做解釋”“要求某人做說明”“唯某人是問”，帶有“要某人負責，或者是責怪批評某人”的意味。因此，對話中的“The teacher will bring you to account.”的意思是“老師會要求你解釋的。”

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Jack was brought to account for the missing cash.

杰克被要求對這筆遺失的現金作出解釋。

e.g. He has been brought to account for his conduct.

他被要求解釋他的行為。

Ps 1：miss one exam的意思是“沒有參加考試，錯過考試”。

Ps 2：get prepared的意思是“做好準備”。例如：

Get prepared so that you can set off immediately if something happens.做好準備, 一旦有事, 馬上出動。

We will arrive at the berth in half an hour. Please tell the crew to get prepared. 還有半個小時抵達泊位，請通知船員做好準備。