英语词汇“accountable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If you're responsible for your own actions, you are accountable for them. You are accountable for your behavior in school. So even if your friend throws pudding at you at lunch, you don't have the right to fling mystery meat back.

Accountable comes from the word "account," which is itself from the Old French word acont, meaning to count (as in money). While you can be accountable for monetary damages, you're most likely to be held accountable for your actions and behavior, and the actions of your children and pets. If your dog bites another dog, you may be accountable for any vet bills incurred by the other dog's owner.

WORD FAMILY

accountable: accountability, accountably, unaccountable+/account: accountable, accountant, accounted, accounting, accounts/accountability: accountabilities/accountant: accountancy, accountants, accountantship/accounting: accountings/unaccountable: unaccountablest, unaccountably

USAGE EXAMPLES

“And the Legislature ought to be held accountable. Something like that happens, then people will do something.”

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Anyhow, why should the players be held accountable when the padrones who recruited them aren’t?

Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)

Obama therefore sees this as the last chance to hold Russia accountable and to limit Trump’s options for rapprochement with Vladimir Putin after 20 January.

The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)

adj liable to account for one's actions

governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves
fully accountable for what they did

Syn

responsible

worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable

单词	accountable
释义	accountable (once / 604 pages) adj If you're responsible for your own actions, you are accountable for them. You are accountable for your behavior in school. So even if your friend throws pudding at you at lunch, you don't have the right to fling mystery meat back. Accountable comes from the word "account," which is itself from the Old French word acont, meaning to count (as in money). While you can be accountable for monetary damages, you're most likely to be held accountable for your actions and behavior, and the actions of your children and pets. If your dog bites another dog, you may be accountable for any vet bills incurred by the other dog's owner. WORD FAMILY accountable: accountability, accountably, unaccountable+/account: accountable, accountant, accounted, accounting, accounts/accountability: accountabilities/accountant: accountancy, accountants, accountantship/accounting: accountings/unaccountable: unaccountablest, unaccountably USAGE EXAMPLES “And the Legislature ought to be held accountable. Something like that happens, then people will do something.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Anyhow, why should the players be held accountable when the padrones who recruited them aren’t? Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Obama therefore sees this as the last chance to hold Russia accountable and to limit Trump’s options for rapprochement with Vladimir Putin after 20 January. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) adj liable to account for one's actions governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves fully accountable for what they did Syn responsible worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
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