| 单词 | responsible |
| 释义 | responsible (once / 74 pages) 1adj 2adj If you're the responsible one, everyone is depending on you to take care of it. And, if things go poorly, it's all your fault. Sounds like a drag to be responsible but really it is what we all want out of life. After all, when you're responsible, you get the keys to the car, you make your own decisions, and you get all the credit. Parents love the responsible babysitter who doesn't text with her friends and feed the kids bowls of ice cream. Of course, the boy who is responsible for bringing firecrackers to the football game will not be looked upon with the same level of respect. Responsibility can bring all the glory, but all the blame too. WORD FAMILYresponsible: irresponsible, responsibility, responsibleness, responsibly+/irresponsibility: irresponsibilities/irresponsible: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, irresponsibly/responsibility: responsibilities USAGE EXAMPLES“Under international standards, construction companies in the Gulf are not only responsible for how they treat their direct employees,” Lynch said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “In one sense, he was trying to be responsible,” Liptrap said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Persons responsible for the protection of those children destroyed their dignity.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable a responsible adult responsible journalism a responsible position the captain is responsible for the ship's safety the cabinet is responsible to the parliament Syn|Ant obligated caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course prudentcareful and sensible; marked by sound judgment accountableliable to account for one's actions answerablemorally or legally responsible to a higher authority amenableliable to answer to a higher authority liableheld legally responsible trustworthytaking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations trustworthy, trustyworthy of trust or belief irresponsible showing lack of care for consequences carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappycheerfully irresponsible do-nothingcharacterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility fecklessnot fit to assume responsibility idle, looselacking a sense of restraint or responsibility trigger-happyirresponsible in the use of firearms unaccountablefree from control or responsibility unreliablelacking a sense of responsibility 2adj having an acceptable credit rating 2a responsible borrower Syn creditworthy trustworthy, trusty worthy of trust or belief adj being the agent or cause determined who was the responsible party termites were responsible for the damage Syn responsible for causative producing an effect |
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