answerable

英 [ˈɑːnsərəbl]

美 [ˈænsərəbl]

adj.  向某人(对某事)负责; (为某事)承担责任，承担后果; 可答复的

法律

BNC.14016 / COCA.24850

牛津词典

adj.

• 向某人（对某事）负责
  having to explain your actions to sb in authority over you
  1. She was a free agent, answerable to no one for her behaviour.
     她是个自由分子，言行不受任何人约束。
• （为某事）承担责任，承担后果
  responsible for sth and ready to accept punishment or criticism for it
  1. Ministers must be made answerable for their decisions.
     各部长必须对所作的决定承担责任。
• 可答复的
  that can be answered

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （对某人）应负责的，有责任的，须作交代的
  If you areanswerable tosomeone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
  1. Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them...
     市政会成员应对推选他们的人负责。
  2. All ministers, including the prime minister, will be answerable directly to him.
     所有大臣，包括首相都将直接对他负责。
• ADJ 为（某事）负责任的；承担（某种行为的）后果的
  If you areanswerable foryour actions orforsomeone else's actions, you are considered to be responsible for them and if necessary must accept punishment for them.
  1. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.
     他必须对这些可恶的罪行负责。

英英释义

adj

• morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
  1. parents are answerable for their child's acts
• capable of being answered

双语例句

• What matters is who is answerable for the future.
  重要的是谁能为未来负责。
• I shall be answerable for what he does.
  我将对他所做的事负责。
• All ministers, including the prime minister, will be answerable directly to him.
  所有大臣，包括首相都将直接对他负责。
• To make him answerable for not preventing evil, is, comparatively speaking, the exception.
  相对来讲，让他对不阻止伤害发生的不作为负责则是例外了。
• The elections department is answerable to the prime minister's office.
  选举部门听命于总理办公室。
• Alone with the small screen, I am answerable to no one.
  单独面对着银屏，我就谁的话也不用听了。
• Any European Central Bank should be directly answerable to the European parliament.
  欧洲任何一国的中央银行都应直接向欧洲议会汇报。
• Under the Basic Law, it is me and my administration that is responsible for the good government of Hong Kong, and we are answerable to the people of Hong Kong for that.
  根据《基本法》，我和我的政府要负责香港的良好管治，我们要向香港市民负责。
• I shall be answerable for what she does.
  我会对她的行为负责。
• Additionally, for many of these questions to be answerable, a similar frequency issue comes into play.
  另外，对于很多可回答的问题，一个类似的频率问题发生了。