account for

What might account for this strange phenomenon?(什么可以解释这种奇怪的现象？)

It should at least account for 50% of the total investment.(它至少占了投资总额的50%。)

Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.(电脑占了这个国家商业用电的5%。)

The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: they now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.(世界各地向可再生能源转移的势头正在加快：目前，可再生能源在已上线新能源中已经占到了一半以上。)

The gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.(他们今天发现的那种基因解释不了所有的那些情况。)

International affiliates account for a fast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment.(在那些开放并欢迎外国投资的经济体中，国际子公司在生产中占了一个快速增长的部分。)

How do you account for the fact that unemployment is still rising?(你如何解释失业人数仍在增加这个现实？)

Architects try to account for this effect in their design, but they can't guarantee a full auditorium.(建筑师试图在他们的设计中考虑这种影响，但他们不能保证礼堂满座。)

The president and the president alone must account for his government's reforms.(该总统并且只有总统一个人必须对他的这些政府改革负责。)

Of course, no index can account for everything.(当然，没有任何索引可以解释一切。)