accountable
英 [əˈkaʊn.tə.bəl]
美 [əˈkaʊn.t̬ə.bəl]
将“accountable”分解为两部分记忆:首先是“account”,这个词汇意味着“账户”或“报告”,其次加上“-able”后缀,意味着某物可以“成为账户”或“被报告”,从而联想到一个人或组织对其行为和结果负有责任,需要向某人或某机构负责。这种将职责与账户关联的方式可以帮助记忆“accountable”的含义。
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- accountable (adj.)
- "answerable," literally "liable to be called to account," c. 1400 (mid-14c. in Anglo-French); see account (v.) + -able. Related: Accountably.
- 1. Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions.
- 终于要对政府官员实行问责了。
- 2. The major service industries should be accountable to their customers.
- 主要的服务行业应该对它们的顾客负责。
- 3. Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
- 从政者最终是向选民负责。
- 4. If anything happens to this car, I will hold you accountable.
- 这辆车如果出什么问题, 我就惟你是问.
- 5. I am accountable to my superiors for my actions.
- 我应该为自己的行为对上司负责.