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accountable

/uh-koun-tuh-buhl/US // əˈkaʊn tə bəl //UK // (əˈkaʊntəbəl) //

负责任的,负责任,负责的,应负责任的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
    • : capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.

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Examples

  • Our stories focus on holding the powerful accountable in service of the public.

  • That being said, if you have the potential for a trigger, and you’re not honest with yourself about there being doubt, and you end up being wrong — then you do run the risk of being held accountable to that.

  • Thank you to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for joining us in this effort to hold the administration accountable and to get answers to these important questions.

  • He also argued that the Lausanne, Switzerland–based organization should be held accountable for misinforming hosts about the real risks.

  • A PBC has an obligation to state a public purpose beyond profit, to fulfill that purpose as part of the responsibilities of its directors, and to be accountable for so doing.

  • Then we all have to do our part to engage the officers and our community, and hold everyone accountable in the process.

  • When companies do bad things they ought to be held accountable for them.

  • It is freedom, and accountable both legally and socially to the free choices of others around them.

  • The American people need to rise up and hold their elected officials accountable.

  • I hope that America is going to hold Cuba accountable in public opinion.

  • They did not feel accountable for their deeds or thoughts or words to an irresistible Power working for righteousness or truth.

  • They held us accountable for the conduct of those who had left, and vented the malignity of their unfeeling hearts upon us.

  • By a train of events for which she is not accountable the question has become of importance to you.

  • Sometimes we can hardly be held accountable for what we do; especially when our sense of justice is sorely taxed.

  • Commanding officers accountable for proper training of organizations; field efficiency; team-work.