accountable

[ə'kauntəbl]

adj.负有责任的, 可说明的

词形变化

副词: accountably | 名词: accountability |

词义辨析

同义:

a.有责任的, 义务的

responsible  liable  answerable  chargeable  amenable  obligated  obliged  beholden  bound  duty-bound  open to  exposed to  culpable  held to blame  held to account

a.能解释的, 能理解的

explainable  explicable  interpretable  intelligible  understandable  comprehensible  

同义参见:

derivable  

反义参见:

unaccountable  

英英释义

形容词 accountable:

liable to account for one's actions

补充

accountableaccountable英:[əˈkauntəbl] 美:[əˈkaʊntəbəl]adj.1.负有责任的, 应对自己的行为做出说明的I am accountable to my superiors for my actions.我应该为自己的行为对上司负责。If anything happens to this car, I will hold you accountable.这辆车如果出什么问题, 我就惟你是问。

例句

1. The railways will remain publicly owned and accountable.铁路将继续公有并对公众负责。 2. The public deserves fully trained, accountable, professional police officers.公众理当拥有训练有素的、负责的、专业的警员队伍。 3. You take decisions and are accountable for them.你作出决定并要对此负责。 4. I have always been accountable for everything I have done.我向来都为我做过的每件事负责。 5. He claimed he was accountable to nobody.他宣称不对任何人负责。 6. The service industries should be accountable to their customers.服务业应该对顾客负责。 7. Executives should be more accountable to shareholders for their decisions.经理应该为其所作的决定向股东负更多的责任。 8. ‘I will not hold you personally accountable,' she promised.“我不会追究你个人的责任。”她保证道。 9. Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions.终于要对政府官员的所作所为问责了。 10. The woman consulted Dr Lake because, for no accountable reason, she was constantly ripping skin off her feet.这位女士向莱克医生进行咨询, 因为不知什么原因她的脚总是脱皮。 11. ministers are accountable to Parliament.部长们对议会负责。 12. parents cannot be held accountable for their children's actions.不能要求父母对其孩子的行为负责。 13. the delayed introduction of characters' names is accountable, if we consider that names have a low priority.推迟介绍人物姓名是可以理解的，如果我们认为名字较次要的话。 14. Political leaders need to be accountable to the people they represent.政治领袖要对他们所代表的人民负责任。 15. a powerful businessman who seems to think that he's accountable [=answerable] to no one似乎认为自己不受任何人约束的有权势的商人 16. If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable!如果出现差错，我会追究你个人的责任！ 17. They hold you accountable for your mistakes.他们要你为自己的错误负责。 18. Each child is accountable [=responsible] for his or her own behavior.每个孩子都应对自身行为负责。 19. We now have greater accountability in the department. [=people in the department can now be held more responsible for what happens]我们部门现在的责任更加重大了。 20. corporate accountability企业责任