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单词 culpable
释义

culpable

adjective
/ˈkʌlpəbl/
/ˈkʌlpəbl/
(formal)
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  1. responsible and deserving blame for having done something wrong
    • The accident was the result of a culpable failure to consider the risks involved.
    Extra Examples
    • She believed him culpable of murder.
    • The prime minister is highly culpable in this affair.
    • You are equally culpable in this affair.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • believe somebody
    • hold somebody
    adverb
    • equally
    • morally
    preposition
    • in
    • of
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘deserving punishment’): from Old French coupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare ‘to blame’, from culpa ‘fault, blame’.
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