accountable

US [əˈkaʊntəb(ə)l]
UK [ə'kaʊntəb(ə)l]
  • adj.（对自己的决定、行为）负有责任
  • Web负有责任的；负责；负责任

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accountable
adj.
1.
（对自己的决定、行为）负有责任，有说明义务responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked
Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
从政者最终是向选民负责。
Someone must be held accountable for the killings.
必须有人要对这些凶杀事件负责。

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1.
Thus, marriage can only be a man and a woman because we are accountable to the One who made marriage in the first place.
所以，婚姻必须是一男一女的结合，因为我们要对婚姻的最初定义者负责。
suǒ yǐ , hūn yīn bì xū shì yī nán yī nǚ de jié hé , yīn wèi wǒ men yào duì hūn yīn de zuì chū dìng yì zhě fù zé 。
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2.
Society was telling fat people it was "completely OK" not to be accountable for their actions, he said.
他说，社会告诉肥胖者“完全没关系”，不必为他们的行为负责。
tā shuō , shè huì gào su féi pàng zhě " wán quán méi guān xi " , bú bì wèi tā men de xíng wéi fù zé 。
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3.
Thus, ICS ought to monitor all economically relevant and accountable behavior of any and all participants in an organization.
因此，内控系统应该监控所有组织参与者所做之与经济相关且可担负责任的行为。
yīn cǐ , nèi kòng xì tǒng yīng gāi jiān kòng suǒ yǒu zǔ zhī cān yù zhě suǒ zuò zhī yǔ jīng jì xiāng guān qiě kě dān fù zé rèn de xíng wéi 。
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4.
President Barack Obama yesterday promised that BP would be held accountable if it had broken US laws.
美国总统巴拉克-奥巴马（BarackObama）昨日许诺，如果BP触犯了美国法律，将追究其责任。
měi guó zǒng tǒng bā lā kè - ào bā mǎ ( BarackObama ) zuó rì xǔ nuò , rú guǒ BP chù fàn le měi guó fǎ lǜ , jiāng zhuī jiū qí zé rèn 。
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5.
Today is something of a historic day for the country in our quest for a more accountable society. . .
在我国追求社会责信的路途上，今天别具历史意义…
zài wǒ guó zhuī qiú shè huì zé xìn de lù tú shàng , jīn tiān bié jù lì shǐ yì yì …
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6.
Most people do better when they've got someone to work with or to be accountable to rather than working on your own.
相比一个人去锻炼，要是有人陪着或者是强制的，大多数人都会做得比较好一点。
xiāng bǐ yī gè rén qù duàn liàn , yào shi yǒu rén péi zhe huò zhě shì qiáng zhì de , dà duō shù rén dū huì zuò de bǐ jiào hǎo yì diǎn 。
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7.
Murdoch said the bugging scandal of the things he should not be responsible for his trust in those who should be held accountable.
默多克称，窃听丑闻之事不应由他来负责，他信任的那些人应该承担责任。
mò duō kè chēng , qiè tīng chǒu wén zhī shì bù yīng yóu tā lái fù zé , tā xìn rèn de nà xiē rén yīng gāi chéng dān zé rèn 。
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8.
Every night before you go to bed look over your daily method of operation and ask yourself how accountable you were to yourself today.
每晚睡觉前检查你的计划执行情况，扪心自问今天对自己有怎样的交代。
měi wǎn shuì jiào qián jiǎn chá nǐ de jì huà zhí xíng qíng kuàng , mén xīn zì wèn jīn tiān duì zì jǐ yǒu zěn yàng de jiāo dài 。
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9.
By making public servants accountable to citizens rather than to Whitehall, guarantees seem to offer just such a compromise.
通过引导人们去相信公务员而不是政府本身，担保似乎提供了这样的一个折中办法。
tōng guò yǐn dǎo rén men qù xiāng xìn gōng wù yuán ér bú shì zhèng fǔ běn shēn , dān bǎo sì hū tí gōng le zhè yàng de yī gè zhé zhōng bàn fǎ 。
www.ecocn.org
10.
Others may or may not see all that I've done, but I would know and that's how I keep myself accountable.
别人也许看到或者没看到我所做的一切，但我自己知道，而且那是对自己的交代。
bié rén yě xǔ kàn dào huò zhě méi kàn dào wǒ suǒ zuò de yí qiè , dàn wǒ zì jǐ zhī dào , ér qiě nà shì duì zì jǐ de jiāo dài 。
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