book of account

基本解释

What kind of book account for a good book?
怎么样的书才算一本好书？
The book’s account of how countries made seemingly counterproductive policy choices is simplistic at best.
在论述如何做出起反作用的政策抉择时，本书则过于简单了。
From the "Book of Songs" account can be seen as early as the time Zhouwen Wang will have a construction imperial court activities.
从《诗经》的记述中可以看出，早在周文王的时候就有了营建宫苑的活动。

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?
若这样，为什么《约书亚书》中是完全不同的描述，是由上帝所带领的外部侵略战争？
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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.
你们所读到的那篇短文就是在法国出版商的要求下写的,他们希望他写些什么来让人们对这本书产生更多的好感,来交待这本书的缘起,并且为它的内容和它的出版进行辩护。
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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《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。
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The most vivid part of Moran's book is his account of Kemmler's execution, which was horribly botched.
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