accountable

美 [əˈkaʊntəbl]英 [əˈkaʊntəbl]
  • adj.负有责任的;(对自己的决定、行为)负有责任,有说明义务

派生词: accountability n.

accountableaccountable

adj.

(对自己的决定、行为)负有责任,有说明义务
responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked

Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.

从政者最终是向选民负责。

Someone must be held accountable for the killings.

必须有人要对这些凶杀事件负责。

accountable

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    ADJ-GRADED 有责任的;应作解释的
    If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.

    Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions...

    终于要对政府官员实行问责了。

  • ...an impetus towards democracy and greater accountability.

    促进民主及更强责任感

adj

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liable to account for one's actions
governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves
fully accountable for what they did
the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism
he was answerable to no one

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  1. Sole proprietors are reassuring to customers who believe an individual who is accountable will do a good job .

    §顾客总是相信一个负有责任的人会把事情做好,因此个体业主可以使顾客放心。

  2. For the present , however , the more immediate-and more pragmatic-task for administrative law is to evaluate and further refine the doctrines and techniques for making bureaucratic power accountable , without destroying the effectiveness of those administrative agencies considered necessary .

    可是目前,行政法的更为直接和更为务实的任务是评估和进一步推敲提炼使行政权力负有责任的各种理论和方法,而无需破坏那些必不可少的行政机构的有效性。

  3. Someone must be held accountable for the killings .

    必须有人要对这些凶杀事件负责。

  4. Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters .

    从政者最终是向选民负责。

  5. The major service industries should be accountable to their customers .

    主要的服务行业应该对它们的顾客负责。

  6. One of the principles of our legal system is that people are accountable for the foreseeable consequences of their actions .

    我们的法律体系的原则之一是人们要对他们可以预见的行为后果负责。

  7. The president struck back at critics who say he should be held accountable for conditions that contributed to the riots .

    一些批评家指出总统应对导致骚乱局面的情形负责,总统对此予以驳斥。

  8. Government officials should be accountable for accidents .

    发生事故要问责官员。

  9. Their apparently strange customs are now easily accountable .

    他们明显奇特的风俗现在可以很容易地得到解释。

  10. Her bad temper is easily accountable , she has had a toothache all day .

    她的脾气不好是很容易解释的,因为她的牙疼了一整天。

  11. It is a very accountable obstinacy .

    这是一种完全可以理解的固执态度。

  12. Some Chicago teachers seem to think that they shouldn 't be held accountable until poverty is solved .

    些芝加哥教师似乎认为,在贫穷问题解决之前,他们都不应该被追究责任。

  13. As a result , businesses are much more accountable , often in very specific ways , which creates powerful incentives to improve service .

    因此,企业更加负责了,而且往往采取非常具体的措施,这就产生了改善服务的强大动力。

  14. While Wall Street executives used their expensive lawyers to ensure that their ranks were not held accountable for the misdeeds that the crisis in 2008 so graphically revealed , the banks abused our legal system to foreclose on mortgages and eject tenants , some of whom did not even owe money .

    虽然华尔街高管利用收费高昂的律师来确保他们的团队不用对2008年金融危机所揭示的不当行为负责,但这些银行滥用我们的法律制度,取消抵押贷款的赎回权,驱逐房客,其中一些房客甚至并不欠钱。

  15. If city leaders were more accountable to their residents , they might favour projects designed to help them more .

    如果该城市的领导人对他们的市民会更加负责任的话,他们或许会更加支持那些来用来帮助市民们的项目。

  16. Enterprises should be legally accountable for product quality and take effective measures to protect the safety of consumers .

    企业应当依法落实产品质量责任,采取有力措施保护消费者安全权益。

  17. I am accountable to my superiors for my actions .

    我应该为自己的行为对上司负责

  18. Some European jurisdictions are debating legislation to hold platforms more accountable for the spread of such material .

    一些欧洲地区正在讨论通过立法,要求平台对此类内容的传播承担更多责任。

  19. Such results will be made public , and universities with a high percentage of problematic theses will be held accountable , the ministry said .

    抽检结果向社会公开,“存在问题毕业论文”比例较高的高校将被问责。

  20. Local governments , related departments , schools and other educational institutions , as well as related staff members , shall be held accountable for activities that hamper3 the development of education , it said .

    问谁的责?办法明确,地方政府及有关职能部门、各类学校和其他教育机构以及有关工作人员如存在阻碍教育发展的问题,按规定进行问责。

  21. The main administrators7 of lower governments and public schools can be held accountable through having talks , name and shame , administrative punishment , or being handed over to law enforcement authorities and supervisory commissions , it said .

    针对下级政府及公办学校的责任人,主要采取约谈、通报批评、组织处理、移交监察机关或司法机关等问责方式。

  22. It also helps hold people accountable for those decisions .

    它还能指定应对这些决策负责的人员。

  23. Running around the hospital accountable to no one .

    在满医院乱跑而且目中无人。

  24. Those who abuse the system must be held accountable .

    对于那些破坏该体系的人,必须追究其责任。

  25. Parents should be held accountable for their children 's behavior .

    父母亲应该为孩子们的行为负责。

  26. In order to change , you have to be held accountable .

    要想改变,你需要有人对你负责。

  27. The Practical Problems and Improvable Approaches for Promoting Administration Accountable System

    行政问责制推行的实践困境与完善途径

  28. Enforcement of the law is essential to the development of an accountable government .

    法律的执行对于负责任的政府的发展而言是非常必要的。

  29. People being accountable for their own performance .

    员工将对他们自己的绩效承担责任。

  30. Even in crisis , military power should be accountable to parliament .

    即使在危机之时军事力量也应对议会负责。