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• Five countries accounted for 77 percent of the total quota, with mauritius alone receiving 38 percent .
  5国家占有总配额的77，毛里求斯一国独得38。
• She was left to imagine how many various causes might account for lady staunton's silence .
  她只好凭空设想各种各样的理由，猜测斯汤顿夫人何以没有回信。
• He was always prepared to account for his action, even the most innocent .
  他随时都准备对自己的一举一动作出恰当的解释，即使对一个最平常的举动也是这样。
• We can provide more than enough genetic information to account for the variability in nature .
  可提供的遗传信息对于解释自然界中的变异性来说已经绰绰有余。
• In some cases, secondary damage in the vascular system or opposite kidney may account for this .
  有些病例，可能是由于脉管系统或对侧肾脏有继发性损害之故。
• They concluded that a single correlation could not account for the reported experimental data .
  他们论断说，不能用一个单一的关系式总括所有的实验报告数据。
• Of course the danger of motorcycling also helps account for many people's low opinion of the sport .
  当然，骑摩托车的危险也是许多人看不上这项运动的原因之一。
• Studies indicate that nonfarm earnings now account for more than 20 percent of total household income .
  研究资料表明，目前非农业收入占整个家庭收入的20以上。
• The adoption of the alphabet may account for the blossoming of cultural activity about 600b.c. .
  采用了拼音文字可能说明何以公元前600年左右的文化活动繁荣起来。
• Increases in production costs and transport and other marketing costs account for the net worldwide loss .
  生产运输和其他销售成本的上升造成世界范围内的净损失。