give an account of

基本解釋

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.
如果一個(gè)人以意識(shí)的現(xiàn)象學(xué)為開(kāi)始那么他一定會(huì)考慮到這些客觀事物的起源當(dāng)他們從意識(shí)經(jīng)驗(yàn)中出現(xiàn)。
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.
以帕波爾為例，他嘗試給出自然科學(xué)一個(gè)解釋,關(guān)于歸納法并無(wú)可遵循的途徑,因?yàn)樗J(rèn)為休謨?nèi)晔窃诩芸漳莻€(gè)理論基礎(chǔ)。
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.
這么一來(lái)他們就可以,對(duì)天空中行星的位置做出合理解釋了，而且也很奏效，偏差也只在正負(fù)五度之內(nèi)。

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."
讓我向你們介紹一下自己，然后說(shuō)明,為什么你們要繼續(xù)聽(tīng)我說(shuō)以及為什么,你們要相信我的政治或宗教立場(chǎng)，“
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

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