responsible
adjective OPAL W
/rɪˈspɒnsəbl/
/rɪˈspɑːnsəbl/
- having the job or duty of doing something or taking care of somebody/something, so that you may be blamed if something goes wrong
有责任；负责；承担义务 - responsible for doing something Mike is responsible for designing the entire project.
迈克负责设计全部工程。 - responsible for somebody/something Even where parents no longer live together, they each continue to be responsible for their children.
即使父母不再共同生活，他们也要分别对子女负责。 - The management team is directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company.
管理团队直接负责公司的日常运营。 - I'd like to talk to whoever is responsible here.
我想和这里的负责人谈谈。
- All members of the Cabinet are collectively responsible for decisions taken.
所有内阁成员对所作决定集体负责。 - Both parents are equally responsible for raising the children.
父母双方对于抚养孩子负有同等责任。 - I am making you responsible for the cooking.
我让你负责烹饪。 - I'm leaving you responsible for Juliet's protection.
我把保护朱丽叶的任务交给你了。 - The board is ultimately responsible for policy decisions.
最终由董事会负责决定采取什么政策。 - The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training.
该公司甚至不能指出一个名义上负责职员培训的人。 - They're responsible for cleaning the engine.
他们负责清洗发动机。 - Thompson is directly responsible for all aspects of the business unit.
汤普森直接负责该业务部门的方方面面。 - We are all equally responsible for its success.
我们大家都同样为其成功贡献了力量。 - if you're solely responsible for your family's welfare
如果你家庭的幸福只是靠你一个人 - the person nominally responsible for staff training
名义上负责职员培训的人
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- responsible for doing something Mike is responsible for designing the entire project.
- being able to be blamed for something
应受责备；有责任 - responsible for something Who's responsible for this mess?
是谁弄得这么乱？ - He is mentally ill and cannot be held responsible for his actions.
他有精神病，不能对自己的行为负责。 - We will ensure that anyone found responsible for the accident is held accountable.
我们将确保任何被发现对事故负责的人被追究责任。 - Everything will be done to bring those responsible to justice.
将竭尽全力把罪魁祸首绳之以法。 - You mustn't feel responsible in any way.
你千万不要觉得有任何责任。
- Did he think her somehow responsible for Eddie's death?
他认为她对埃迪的死多少应负点儿责任吗? - He was almost single-handedly responsible for the flourishing drug trade in the town.
镇上猖獗的毒品交易几乎都是他一手造成的。 - She was very distressed at the time and cannot be held responsible for her actions.
她当时很苦恼，不能为自己的行为负责。 - I believe the press to be partly responsible for the recent rise in racist attacks.
我认为媒体对最近种族主义袭击的增加负有部分责任。 - Who was responsible for the mistake?
谁应对这一错误负责？ - They held him responsible for the failure of the policy.
他们把政策的失败归咎于他。 - The commander was personally responsible for ordering the attack on the village.
指挥官亲自负责下令对该村庄进行攻击。
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- responsible for something Who's responsible for this mess?
- being the cause of something
作为原因；成为起因 - responsible for something Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 90 per cent of deaths from lung cancer.
吸烟导致约90%的肺癌死亡。 - He believes that man-made carbon dioxide is directly responsible for global warming.
他认为人为二氧化碳是全球变暖的直接原因。 - Hormonal changes may be partly responsible for these mood swings.
荷尔蒙的变化可能是这些情绪波动的部分原因。
Topics Change, cause and effectb2- It's been one of the factors chiefly responsible for improved public health.
这是公共卫生得以改善的主要因素之一。 - No single pathogen seems wholly responsible for the disease.
这个病似乎不完全是由某一个病原体引起的。 - An investigation into the contamination of the water supply revealed that fracking was responsible.
对供水污染的调查显示水力压裂是罪魁祸首。
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- responsible for something Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 90 per cent of deaths from lung cancer.
- (of people, organizations or their actions or behaviour) that you can trust and rely on
可信任的；可信赖的；可靠的 - The child should be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult.
儿童应由父母或其他负责任的成年人陪同。 - We need to teach our children to act as responsible citizens.
我们需要教育我们的孩子成为负责任的公民。 - the importance of using medicines in a responsible manner
以负责任的方式使用药物的重要性 - Clare has a mature and responsible attitude to work.
克莱尔对待工作成熟而可信赖。 - The firm specializes in socially responsible investments.
该公司专门从事对社会负责的投资。 - responsible with something They are not very responsible with money.
他们花钱有些大手大脚。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2- Resources must be allocated in a morally responsible way.
资源分配必须要对得起良心。 - In California you have to be 21 to be considered responsible enough to drink.
在加利福尼亚州，必须满 21 岁才能被认为可以饮酒。 - their efforts to make the industry more responsible and responsive to concerns
他们使该行业变得更有责任感且更积极回应人们所关心问题的努力 - The organization needs to become more environmentally responsible.
该组织应该加强环境意识。
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- The child should be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult.
- [usually before noun] needing somebody who can be trusted and relied on; involving important duties
责任重大的；需要可靠的人负责的 - a responsible position
责任重的地位
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- a responsible position
- responsible to somebody/something having to report to somebody/something with authority or in a higher position and explain to them what you have done
（向主管者或上级）承担责任 - The Council of Ministers is responsible to the Assembly.
内阁须向议会负责。
- a complex web of party bodies ultimately responsible to the Central Committee
最终向中央委员会负责的复杂的政党机构 - The prime minister is directly responsible to Parliament.
首相直接向议会负责。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- directly
- ultimately
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- The Council of Ministers is responsible to the Assembly.
having job/duty有工作／职责
causing something引起某事
reliable可靠
job工作
to somebody in authority对主管者
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘answering to, corresponding’): from obsolete French responsible, from Latin respons- ‘answered, offered in return’, from the verb respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.