accountable

英 [əˈkaʊntəbl]

美 [əˈkaʊntəbl]

adj.  (对自己的决定、行为)负有责任，有说明义务

TEM8经济

Collins.2 / BNC.7192 / COCA.5713

牛津词典

adj.

• （对自己的决定、行为）负有责任，有说明义务
  responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked
  1. Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
     从政者最终是向选民负责。
  2. Someone must be held accountable for the killings.
     必须有人要对这些凶杀事件负责。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有责任的；应作解释的
  If you areaccountable tosomeoneforsomething that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.
  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。

英英释义

adj

• liable to account for one's actions
  1. governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves
  2. fully accountable for what they did
  3. the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism
  4. he was answerable to no one

双语例句

• He suggests that managers and their employees be held jointly accountable for their results ( and their quality).
  他建议管理者和员工们共同对结果和产品质量负责。
• Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions
  终于要对政府官员实行问责了。
• Companies would have to ensure secure and responsible handling of the data and be accountable for strong privacy measures.
  公司应保证对数据进行安全和负责的处理，并且对严密的隐私保护措施负责。
• I am not accountable to you for my work.
  我没有义务要对你说明我的工作情况。
• If you are accountable for something, you are responsible for it.
  要是说你应对某事作出解释，那你就该对那事负责。
• I am clear about my responsibilities and what I am accountable for.
  我非常清楚我的工作职责和所起的作用。
• We are accountable and we hold our partners and vendors accountable for responsible business and financial practices.
  我们负责我们的部分，我们的合作伙伴和供应商负责重要的商业和财务惯例。
• Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
  从政者最终是向选民负责。
• What we can work for is steady progress toward building transparent and accountable institutions.
  我们可以为之努力的是朝着建立透明和负责人的机构的方向不断取得进步。
• We must measure results and hold each other accountable for our pledges and actions.
  我们必须衡量成果，并对我们各自的承诺和行动负责。