answerable

英 ['ɑːnsərəbl] 美 ['ænsərəbl]

• adj. 有责任的；应负责任的；可答复的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. capable of being answered

2. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority;

   "parents are answerable for their child's acts"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. We are not answerable for damages.
   我们免于赔偿损害的责任。
2. The government answerable to the people.
   政府应为他的人民负责。
3. I am answerable to the company for the use of this equipment.
   我要向公司承担使用这一设备的责任。
4. 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。
5. That question is not answerable.
   这问题无从答复。

经典引文

• If he have robb'd these men He shall be answerable.

  出自：1 Henry IV , Shakespeare

• She would be answerable for her on all accounts.

  出自： Defoe

• I will be answerable that this galliard meant but some Saint Valentine's jest.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

• For the good administration of which the magistrate..was answerable to the power which appointed him.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

近反义词

【近义词】

• responsible 有责任的
• liable 有义务的
• accountable 负有责任的
• chargeable 可控告的
• rebuttable 可辩驳的
• refutable 可驳倒的
• amenable 顺从的
• confutable confute的形容词形...
• disprovable 可证明为误的...
• obligated 有义务的，有责任的...
• correlative 有相互关系的...
• blamable 可责备的
• punishable 该罚的