book of account

基本解释

What kind of book account for a good book?
怎麽樣的書才算一本好書？
The book’s account of how countries made seemingly counterproductive policy choices is simplistic at best.
在論述如何做出起反作用的政策抉擇時，本書則過於簡單了。
From the "Book of Songs" account can be seen as early as the time Zhouwen Wang will have a construction imperial court activities.
從《詩經》的記述中可以看出，早在周文王的時候就有了營建宮苑的活動。

If so, why does the book of Joshua provide such a different account, one of outside conquest by means of a war led by the hosts of the Lord?
若這樣，爲什麽《約書亞書》中是完全不同的描述，是由上帝所帶領的外部侵略戰爭？
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選
The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher. They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book, that would give some account of its origin and give some defense for its publication and its content.
你們所讀到的那篇短文就是在法國出版商的要求下寫的,他們希望他寫些什麽來讓人們對這本書産生更多的好感,來交待這本書的緣起,竝且爲它的內容和它的出版進行辯護。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選
So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.
因此《約書亞書》第一部分包含了,一種流線行，理想化的敘述，據此,以色列人在相對較短的時期內設法,攫取中央山地，將腓利士人，逼至狹窄條形地帶,逼至海岸平原，我們待會兒將要說到腓利士人。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選

The most vivid part of Moran's book is his account of Kemmler's execution, which was horribly botched.
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