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单词 call to account
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call to account in British English

or bring to account
a. 
to insist on explanation
b. 
to rebuke; reprimand
c. 
to hold responsible
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call to account in American English

1. 
to demand an explanation of
2. 
to reprimand
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Examples of 'call to account' in a sentence
call to account

Certainly, the detailed, scrupulously painstaking case he establishes for such supervision constitutes, for the established art scholarly/market nexus, a call to account.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Now the industry is being called to account.
Houston Chronicle (2004)
The people who wrongly sent her to jail should be called to account.
The Sun (2007)
It is about time they were called to account.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is important that failing bank directors and watchdogs are called to account.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He will never be called to account.
The Sun (2015)
And if all are responsible, no one can really be called to account.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Credit card firms should be called to account too.
The Sun (2014)
But those who do cheat must be called to account.
The Sun (2011)
Faceless unknowns who are never called to account over their actions.
The Sun (2012)
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