English Dictionary

hold to account

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.

日本語の意味

（その行動について）説明を求め、その責任を取らせる / 責任を負わせる、非難もしくは罰を与える

Citizens must hold public officials to account for their decisions.

市民は公職者に対して、その決定について説明責任を求め、責任を負わせるべきだ。

意味（1）

(transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.

[W]hatever they decided to do out there in the wilderness meant thousands of dollars to the stockholders somewhere up in God's country, who would some day hold them to account.

holds to account （ present singular third-person ）

holding to account （ participle present ）

held to account （ participle past ）

held to account （ past ）