answerable

英 [ˈɑːnsərəbl] 美 [ˈænsərəbl]

adj.  向某人(对某事)负责; (为某事)承担责任,承担后果; 可答复的

法律

BNC.14016 / COCA.24850



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 向某人(对某事)负责
    having to explain your actions to sb in authority over you
    1. She was a free agent, answerable to no one for her behaviour.
      她是个自由分子,言行不受任何人约束。
  2. (为某事)承担责任,承担后果
    responsible for sth and ready to accept punishment or criticism for it
    1. Ministers must be made answerable for their decisions.
      各部长必须对所作的决定承担责任。
  3. 可答复的
    that can be answered

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ (对某人)应负责的,有责任的,须作交代的
      If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
      1. Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them...
        市政会成员应对推选他们的人负责。
      2. All ministers, including the prime minister, will be answerable directly to him.
        所有大臣,包括首相都将直接对他负责。
    2. ADJ 为(某事)负责任的;承担(某种行为的)后果的
      If you are answerable for your actions or for someone else's actions, you are considered to be responsible for them and if necessary must accept punishment for them.
      1. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.
        他必须对这些可恶的罪行负责。

    双语例句

    1. Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them
      市政会成员应对推选他们的人负责。
    2. All ministers, including the prime minister, will be answerable directly to him.
      所有大臣,包括首相都将直接对他负责。
    3. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.
      他必须对这些可恶的罪行负责。
    4. Alone with the small screen, I am answerable to no one.
      单独面对着银屏,我就谁的话也不用听了。
    5. Customers are answerable for any damage they cause.
      顾客们要对自己造成的任何损坏负责。
    6. I am answerable to the headmaster for any action I take.
      我采取的任何行动都向校长负责。
    7. There are still a few thorny questions, many of which will not be answerable for some time.
      现在还有一些问题没有得到解答。一个最重要的就是一个游戏在不同手机的表现差距多少?
    8. The elections department is answerable to the prime minister's office.
      选举部门听命于总理办公室。
    9. To make him answerable for not preventing evil, is, comparatively speaking, the exception.
      相对来讲,让他对不阻止伤害发生的不作为负责则是例外了。
    10. I shall be answerable for what he does.
      我将对他所做的事负责。
    11. The police force here is answerable only to the governor of the colony.
      这儿的警察队伍只对殖民地总督负责。
    12. I shall be answerable for what she does.
      我会对她的行为负责。
    13. It would increase the pressure on companies to become transparent and answerable to private investors.
      它将加大企业的压力,使它们对私人投资者变得更加透明、更负责任。
    14. He is answerable to the police commissioner for the conduct of the officer in his force.
      他需要向警察局长就他警力中警官的行为进行解释。
    15. She is answerable to the parents for the children's safety.
      她应为孩子们的安全向他们的家长负责。
    16. To make any one answerable for doing evil to others, is the rule;
      让任何人对其伤害他人的行为负责是规则;
    17. It means you are answerable for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.
      也就是说你为自己的行为负责,完全承担由自己的行为所造成的一切后果。
    18. Any European Central Bank should be directly answerable to the European parliament.
      欧洲任何一国的中央银行都应直接向欧洲议会汇报。
    19. Leading questions will generally be answerable with a yes or no.
      诱导性问题通常能用是或否来回答。
    20. The Department is answerable to the emirate of Abu Dhabi and is not a federal policy-making body.
      该部门对阿布扎比酋长国负责,并不是联邦决策机构。
    21. She must be answerable.
      她肯定是应该负责的。
    22. Under the Basic Law, it is me and my administration that is responsible for the good government of Hong Kong, and we are answerable to the people of Hong Kong for that.
      根据《基本法》,我和我的政府要负责香港的良好管治,我们要向香港市民负责。
    23. Their organization is answerable to the civil aviation authority.
      他们的机构对民航局负责。
    24. E.g, I'm answerable to the company for the use of the equipment.
      我要向公司承担使用这套设备的责任。
    25. We are not answerable for damages.
      我们免于赔偿损害的责任。
    26. We are answerable for the actions of our children.
      我们该对孩子们的行为负责。
    27. What matters is who is answerable for the future.
      重要的是谁能为未来负责。
    28. Men knew that they were answerable to God who would judge them for any act of unkindness.
      男人知道他们任何不慈爱的行为都将被神所审判。
    29. I am not answerable for the behavior of my employees.
      我不对我手下雇员的行为负责。
    30. Additionally, for many of these questions to be answerable, a similar frequency issue comes into play.
      另外,对于很多可回答的问题,一个类似的频率问题发生了。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
      1. parents are answerable for their child's acts

    2. capable of being answered