Liability
[laɪə'bɪlɪtɪ] or ['laɪə'bɪləti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the quality of being something that holds you back.
(noun.) the state of being legally obliged and responsible.
編輯:鲁弗斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
(n.) That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.
(n.) the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets.
編輯:兰德尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Responsibility, accountableness, accountability, bounden duty.[2]. Exposedness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She was getting away from Tipton and Freshitt, and her own sad liability to tread in the wrong places on her way to the New Jerusalem. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Get him to admit the bank's liability, and then say to him that Mr. Edison does not think the bank should suffer because he happened to have a dishonest clerk in his employ. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Possibly I am the only one who thought of the liability of such a state of things in advance. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But after the death of Alexander III, in 1181, the peculiar weakness of the papacy, its liability to fall to old and enfeebled men, became manifest. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The typewriter saves time, labor, postage and paper; it reduces the liability to mistakes, brings system into official correspondence, and delights the heart of the printer. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This was done; the bank admitting its liability and being much pleased with this action. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- This does away with the necessity of carrying the ladle of iron a long distance, thus saving much time and lessening the liability to accidents. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
編輯:帕梅拉