- responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked（对自己的决定、行为）负有责任，有说明义务
- The state spends taxpayers’ money and should be held accountable.国家花费纳税人的钱，应该追究责任。
- accountable to somebody Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.从政者最终是向选民负责。🔊🔊
- accountable for something Someone must be held accountable for the killings.必须有人要对这些凶杀事件负责。🔊🔊
compare unaccountableExtra Examples- Local authorities should be publicly accountable to the communities they serve.地方当局应对所服务的社区民众负责。
- Politicians are accountable to Parliament.从政者向议会负责。
- Senior managers are directly accountable to the Board of Directors.高层管理人员直接对董事会负责。
- Someone has to be held ultimately accountable for the accident.必须有人对这起事故负最终责任。
- The directors are held accountable by the shareholders.股东认为董事应负责任。
- The real power lies with a bureaucracy that is not accountable to the public.实权掌握在对公众不负责任的官僚手中。
- a democratically accountable parliament负有民主职责的议会
- democratically accountable leaders负有民主职责的领导人
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