Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3280
accountant
会计
a person whose job is to keep, check, and prepare financial records for a person or company
- 1.
One who renders account; one accountable.
- 2.
someone who maintains and audits business accounts
维护和审计企业账目的人
- 3.
A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
- 4.
One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
- 5.
One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
维护和审计企业账目的人；审计员
In use
My sister is an accountant at a large firm.
The accountant checked the financial records carefully.
Our company's accountant recommended a new budgeting system.
a/an [adjective] accountant
形容词可根据需要替换，如 'experienced'（有经验的）、'chartered'（特许的）等。
She is a certified public accountant.
她是一名注册公共会计师。
work as an accountant
表示以会计为职业。
He works as an accountant for a large firm.
他在一家大公司当会计。
become an accountant
强调职业转变或选择。
She decided to become an accountant after college.
Connections
Collocations
- chartered accountant
- 特许会计师
- She works as a chartered accountant for a big firm.她在一家大公司担任特许会计师。
- certified public accountant
- 注册会计师
- To become a certified public accountant, you must pass a rigorous exam.要成为注册会计师，你必须通过严格的考试。
- forensic accountant
- 法务会计师
- The company hired a forensic accountant to investigate the fraud.公司聘请了一位法务会计师来调查欺诈案。
- management accountant
- 管理会计师
- A management accountant helps with internal budgeting and cost analysis.管理会计师协助内部预算和成本分析。
- tax accountant
- 税务会计师
- Our tax accountant prepared our annual tax returns efficiently.我们的税务会计师高效地准备了年度纳税申报表。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一只蚂蚁（ant）在认真记账（account），它就是会计师（accountant）。
Context & Register
通常为中性，适用于各种正式和非正式工作场景，如会计事务所、企业财务部门、个人财务咨询等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -ant suffix and similar spelling endings but have different stressed vowels; none rhyme perfectly with accountant (/əˈkaʊntənt/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.