accountant

Compared meaning: a person who manages or checks financial accounts (noun).

比较义项：负责核查或管理财务账目的人（名词）。

• accountant 本词

  A general term for a professional who keeps or checks financial records for a person or business; a common, everyday job title with no special authority implied.

  泛指为个人或企业记录、核对财务账目的专业人员；是常见的职业名称，不含特殊的管理权力。

  Our accountant prepares my tax return every spring.

  我们的会计每年春天为我准备报税。

• comptroller

  A senior official, often just one per organization or government body, who controls and audits accounts with real authority; more formal and official in register than accountant.

  通常是机构或政府部门中唯一的高级官员，负责掌管并审核账目，拥有实际的管理权力；语气比 accountant 更正式、更官方。

  The city comptroller audited the department's spending records last year.

  市财务主管去年审核了该部门的支出记录。

Both words involve financial account work. Accountant is a general term for someone who keeps or checks financial records, a common everyday job title. Comptroller is a senior official, often one per organization, who audits accounts with real authority, more formal than accountant.

accountant 和 comptroller 都涉及财务账目工作，但 accountant 泛指普通的会计职业，负责记录和核对账目；comptroller 是机构或政府中掌管、审核账目的高级官员，语气更正式，强调监督和控制的权力。