交代
?handover;turnover;transfer
?explain;make clear;brief; tell
?account for; justify oneself;own up to one’s mistake
?confess;make a clean breast of
不能向中國(guó)人民～。It would be difficult for us to (give an) account for it to the Chinese people. or:We will not be able to justify ourselves to the Chinese people.or:We can’t present the case to the Chinese people.or:We can’t face our own people./這個(gè)問題你怎么～？How are you going to account for this?/很難向民眾作出～ hard to answer to the people /徹底～ make a clean breast of/對(duì)戰(zhàn)俘的情況作出～give an accounting for the pows/坦白～confess; own up to /～不過去be unable to justify one’s action/～工作hand over work to one’s successor; brief one’s successor on handing over work /～政策explain policy/～任務(wù)assign and explain a task;brief sb on his task /～罪行confess a crime