liable
adjective /ˈlaɪəbl/
/ˈlaɪəbl/
[not before noun]- liable (for something) legally responsible for paying the cost of something
（法律上）负有偿付责任 - You will be liable for any damage caused.
你必须对造成的任何损失负赔偿责任。 - The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.
法庭裁定他个人不负有偿付妻子债务的责任。
Topics Law and justicec1- Partners are jointly and severally (= together and individually ) liable for a partnership's debts.
合伙人共同连带承担合伙公司的债务。 - She's fully liable for the company's debts.
她对公司的债务负全责。 - They could be found liable for the entire amount.
他们可能会被判负担全部费用。 - Under this rule, if Y is employed by X, X will be vicariously liable for the actions of Y.
根据这一规定，如果Y 受雇于X，X 将对Y 的行为负责。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- remain
- …
- strictly
- fully
- potentially
- …
- for
- You will be liable for any damage caused.
- liable to do something likely to do something
可能（做某事） - We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.
人在疲劳时都可能出差错。 - The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
那座桥可能随时坍塌。
- We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.
- liable to something likely to be affected by something
可能受…影响 - You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
不经常运动就更容易受伤。
- You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
- liable to something likely to be punished by law for something
可能受法律惩处 - Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
违者可能被处以最多 500 美元的罚款。 - Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
冒充个人的广告商将被起诉。
- Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
- liable for/to something | liable to do something having to do something by law
必须按法律做（某事）；负有…责任 - People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
收入低于一定数额者不必纳税。 - At 60, he was no longer liable for conscription.
60岁时，他不再需要服兵役。
- People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
词源late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare.