1. accommodation

　　a. = money lent for a short time 通融贷款，短期贷款

　　b. = something done to help someone 通融（做某事帮助某人）

　　e.g. to reach an accommodation with creditors = to agree terms for settlement 与债权人取得和解（同意了解债务的条件）

　　accommodation address = address used for receiving messages but which is not the real address of the company 权宜通信地址（不是 公司的真实地址，只用它来得到音信）

　　accommodation bill = bill of exchange where the drawee signing is helping another company (the drawer ) to raise a loan; it is given on the basis of trade debts owed to the borrower 通融汇票（受票人 签字是帮助另一个公司即出票人筹措贷款，这种汇票的给予是以欠借款人 的贸易债务为依据的）

　　accommodation maker = person who signs a promissory note for no fee, but who expects to lend the creditor money. 通融期票出票人 （为向债权人进行贷款而免费在期票上签字的人）

　　2. accredited

　　a. = (agent) who is appointed by a company to act on its behalf (代表，代理人)被委任的（被一个公司任命，代表它做事） b. = (ambassador) who is appointed by a country to represent it in another country.

　　(使节)被任命的（被一个国家任命在另一个国家担任其代表）

　　e.g. He is accredited to the United Nations.

　　他被任命为联合国大使。

　　3. accuse...of...

　　= to say that someone has committed a crime or to charge someone with a crime. 指控、告发某人犯罪

　　She was accused of stealing 25 pounds from her boss. 她被告发从老板那儿偷了25镑钱。

　　He was accused of murder. 他被控有谋杀罪。

　　accused = person or persons charged with a crime 刑事被告

　　All the accused pleaded not guilty. 所有刑事被告表示不服罪。

　　The police brought the accused jnto the court. 警察将被告带进法庭。

　　4. aquit

　　= to set a person free because he has been found not guilty. 无罪释放

　　He was acquitted of the crime. 他被宣判无罪。

　　The court acquitted two of the accused. 法庭释放了两名被告。

　　5. act

　　= statute which has been approved by a law-making body. 行为，公约，法律，条例，法令，成文法

　　Act of Parliament = decision which has been approved by Parliament and so becomes law 国会法令（经议会批准并已成为法律的决定）

　　Finance Act = annual Act of the British Parliament which gives the government power to raise taxes as proposed in the budget. 金融法，财政法（英国议会法案，该法案授予英国政府按预算中的建议征 税的权力）