accountable
adjective /əˈkaʊntəbl/
/əˈkaʊntəbl/
[not usually before noun]- responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked
（对自己的决定、行为）负有责任，有说明义务 - The state spends taxpayers’ money and should be held accountable.
国家花纳税人的钱，应该追究责任。 - accountable to somebody Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
从政者最终是向选民负责。 - accountable for something Someone must be held accountable for the killings.
必须有人要对这些凶杀事件负责。
Topics Preferences and decisionsc1- Local authorities should be publicly accountable to the communities they serve.
地方当局应对所服务的社区民众负责。 - Politicians are accountable to Parliament.
从政者向议会负责。 - Senior managers are directly accountable to the Board of Directors.
高层管理人员直接对董事会负责。 - Someone has to be held ultimately accountable for the accident.
必须有人对这起事故负最终责任。 - The directors are held accountable by the shareholders.
股东认为董事应负责任。 - The real power lies with a bureaucracy that is not accountable to the public.
实权掌握在对公众不负责任的官僚手中。 - a democratically accountable parliament
负有民主职责的议会 - democratically accountable leaders
负有民主职责的领导人
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make somebody
- …
- fully
- properly
- personally
- …
- for
- to
- The state spends taxpayers’ money and should be held accountable.