Liable
['laɪəb(ə)l] or ['laɪəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) held legally responsible; 'men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service' .
(adj.) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; 'liable to diabetes' .
(adj.) subject to legal action; 'liable to criminal charges' .
錄入:凯文--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
(v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.
阿尔塔編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Answerable, responsible, accountable, amenable.[2]. Exposed, subject, obnoxious.
克里斯整理
同義詞及反義詞：
[See AMENABLE]
艾德丽安錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. able to be bound or obliged: responsible: tending to: subject: (Shak.) exposed: suitable.—ns. Liabil′ity state of being liable: that for which one is liable an obligation debt &c.; Lī′ableness state of being liable.—Employers' Liability Act an enactment (1880) making employers answerable to their servants for the negligence of those to whom they have delegated their authority; Limited liability a principle of modern statute law which attempts to limit the responsibilities of shareholders in a partnership joint-stock company &c. by the extent of their personal interest therein.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It's my duty to inform you that any observations you may make will be liable to be used against you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I made a mistake; we are all liable to mistakes; I won't do so any more, and I'll become such a lawyer as is not often seen. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- An extraneous jurisdiction of this kind, besides, is liable to be exercised both ignorantly and capriciously. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He is liable, in consequence, to be frequently without any. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Their freight is much less, and their insurance not greater; and no goods, besides, are less liable to suffer by the carriage. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This renders them liable to destruction in times of drought. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Then everything which is good, whether made by art or nature, or both, is least liable to suffer change from without? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- If any copies were handed about, they must have been in manuscript, and each copy must have been liable to errors and deliberate falsification. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- To be sure, he replied, they are liable to err. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Now, you see, Rokesmith,' he went on, 'a literary man--WITH a wooden leg--is liable to jealousy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You were liable to arrest if you did not have one worn in plain sight. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- We have also formerly seen that parts many times repeated are eminently liable to vary, not only in number, but in form. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- What is called a bounty, is sometimes no more than a drawback, and, consequently, is not liable to the same objections as what is properly a bounty. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- That sounds a dangerous maxim, sir; because one can see at once that it is liable to abuse. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I thought of Steerforth: and a foolish, fearful fancy came upon me of his being near at hand, and liable to be met at any turn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I have only hobbled those which are liable to panic, Pablo said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- All commodities are more or less liable to variations of price, but some are much more so than others. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But relations of this sort, even when they are of long standing, are always liable to change. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is equally wholesome, and while it does not have the same rich flavor, it has the advantage that it keeps better, and is not so liable to become rancid or strong. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- There is another misfortune, I said, to which a woman may be liable, and by which she may suffer lifelong sorrow and shame. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Some kinds were too soft and porous, others were liable to split easily. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He's liable to be arrested the moment he sets foot on English ground. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The second relation I shall observe as essential to causes and effects, is not so universally acknowledged, but is liable to some controversy. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Him that shall be nameless is liable to be talked over. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then, under the influence either of poverty or of wealth, workmen and their work are equally liable to degenerate? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- As you say, Mr. Smallweed, here's Matthew Bagnet liable to be fixed whether or no. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But are the rulers of states absolutely infallible, or are they sometimes liable to err? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is liable, besides, to almost continual variations. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- A few words which dropped from him yesterday spoke his opinion, and some censure I acknowledge myself liable to. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- And we do not deny that they are very liable to be corrupted; but yet surely in the course of ages there might be one exception--and one is enough. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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