by somebody’s own account

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby somebody’s own accountby somebody’s own accountSAY/STATEaccording to what you have said, especially when you have admitted doing something wrong Bentley was, by his own account, over-sensitive to criticism. → accountExamples from the Corpusby somebody’s own account• This was the type of man he was looking for and, by his own account, not infrequently found.• But, by his own account, he agreed he would speak to the Shah if they too would do so.• When he was young and full of the new learning of Oxford and Cambridge he appears arrogant even by his own account.• Do the math: Some 2,250 shows by his own account.

单词	by somebody’s own account
释义	by somebody’s own account From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby somebody’s own accountby somebody’s own accountSAY/STATEaccording to what you have said, especially when you have admitted doing something wrong Bentley was, by his own account, over-sensitive to criticism. → accountExamples from the Corpusby somebody’s own account• This was the type of man he was looking for and, by his own account, not infrequently found.• But, by his own account, he agreed he would speak to the Shah if they too would do so.• When he was young and full of the new learning of Oxford and Cambridge he appears arrogant even by his own account.• Do the math: Some 2,250 shows by his own account.
随便看	a suggestion of something a summer day a summer day/evening a summer evening a summer vacation a Sunday a superfluity of a superfluity of something a surfeit of a surfeit of something a surge of a surge of something a survival from a survival from something a suspicion of a suspicion of something a sweat a sweet deal a swizz a sword of Damocles a sympathetic ear a sympathetic listener a systematic approach a systematic approach/way/method a systematic method