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单词 accountable
释义
accountable
adjective
uk
/əˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/us
/əˈkaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/
C2
Someone who is accountable iscompletelyresponsiblefor what they do and must beableto give asatisfactoryreasonfor it:
应负责任的；应作解释的；应加以说明的
She is accountable onlytothemanagingdirector.她只对总裁负责。
Therecenttaxreformshave madegovernmentmore accountableforitsspending.最近的税务改革使政府的开支更加透明化。
Politicians should be accountabletothepublicwhoelectedthem.政界人士应对他们的选民负责。
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accountability
(Definition ofaccountablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

accountable| American Dictionary

accountable
adjective
us
/əˈkɑʊn·tə·bəl/
responsiblefor and having toexplainyouractions:
Heknewhe would beheldaccountable for anyflawsin theprogramming.

accountability

noun[U]us
/əˌkɑʊn·təˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
TheAttorneyGeneralsays he has aplantoensureaccountability ofCEOs.
(Definition ofaccountablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

accountable| Business English

accountable
adjective
uk
/əˈkaʊntəbl/us
responsiblefor what you do andableto give asatisfactoryreasonfor it:
hold sb accountableOurboardwillholdme accountable if anything goeswrong.
accountable for (doing) sthMortgagebrokersshould be accountable forallowingborrowers to take ondebtsthey cannotrepay.
accountable to sbTheCEOisultimatelyaccountable to theboardofdirectors.
(Definition ofaccountablefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaccountable

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Unlike legislative bodies, courts are not directlyaccountableto voters, and at least in theory, they are not influenced by public opinion.
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In settings where responsibility for policy making is most clear, incumbent politicians are heldaccountablefor macroeconomic performances.
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Without such connection, we are not responsible, that is, we are not prima facieaccountablefor the outcome. 33.
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The blood banks are legallyaccountablefor blood safety.
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Nor have these changes made the executive branch any moreaccountableto the popularly elected legislature than it was before.
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Within the existing international political system, each national government isaccountableto its own people.
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Finally, the outcomes of the organization's and ethics office's activities are alsoaccountable.
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In such cases, interviewers can and do treat interviewees' lesser displays of knowledge asaccountablematters.
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The mean percentage of glucose uptakeaccountablefor by lactate production in the presence of ouabain was 92%.
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Algerian producers were held strictlyaccountableto the customs union.
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Higher rates of self-motivated political participation in turn make elections better mechanisms for holding government officialsaccountable, and higher-quality democracy results.
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Finally, agency officials are not directlyaccountableto constituencies, since they are appointed.
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Judgment should be withheld, not because patients are neveraccountable, but because clinicians and other healthcare providers are supposed to be partners, not critics.
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Even where reforms succeeded in reorganizing state administration along moreaccountablelines, factionalism and patronage politics undercut executive authority.
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In other words, before making state institutionsaccountable, it is necessary to restore state sovereignty.
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