🔑ver·sionAWBrE/ˈvɜːʃn/, /ˈvɜːʒn/NAmE/ˈvɜːrʒn/noun🔑aformofsththatisslightlydifferentfromanearlierformorfromotherformsofthesamething变体；变种；型式◆Therearetwoversionsofthegame, alongoneandashortone. 这游戏有两个版本，一长一短。◆thelatestversionofthesoftwarepackage软件包的最新版本◆thedeluxe/luxuryversion豪华型➡ see alsobeta version🔑adescriptionofaneventfromthepositionofaparticularpersonorgroupofpeople（从不同角度的）说法，描述◆Shegaveusherversionofwhathadhappenedthatday. 她从她的角度向我们描述了那天发生的事情。◆Theirversionsofhowtheaccidenthappenedconflict. 他们对事故发生情况的说法相互矛盾。report story ⬥ account ⬥ version
These are all words for a written or spoken account of events.以上各词均指对所发生事情的记述、讲述。
report a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast尤指刊登或广播的报道：◆Are these newspaper reports true?报纸上这些报道属实吗？
story an account, often spoken, of what happened to sb or of how sth happened; a report of events in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast常指对所发生事情的口头叙述、描述、（新闻）报道：◆It was many years before the full story was made public.许多年之后，事情的全貌才公之于众。◆the front-page story头版报道
account a written or spoken description of sth that has happened指对所发生事情的书面或口头描述、叙述、报告：◆She gave the police a full account of the incident.她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。
report or account?用 report 还是 account？
A report is always of recent events, especially news. An account may be of recent or past events. * report 总是指对最新事情的报道，尤指新闻报道。account 可指对最近的或过去的事情的叙述。
version a description of an event from the point of view of a particular person or group of people指特定的人或群体对某事的描述、说法：◆She gave us her version of what had happened that day.她从她的角度向我们描述了那天发生的事情。
Patterns
a report/story about sth
a brief/short report/story/account
a full report/story/account/version
a news report/story
to give a(n) report/account/version
🔑afilm/movie, play, pieceofmusic, etc. thatisbasedonaparticularpieceofworkbutisinadifferentform, styleorlanguage（电影、剧本、乐曲等的）版本，改编形式，改写本◆thefilmversionof'WarandPeace'根据《战争与和平》改编的电影◆TheEnglishversionofthenovelisdueforpublicationnextyear. 这部小说的英文译本预定明年出版。➡ see alsoAuthorized Version, cover version