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liable

adjective
 
🔊/ˈlaɪəbl/
🔊/ˈlaɪəbl/
[not before noun]
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  1.  
    liable (for something) legally responsible for paying the cost of something（法律上）负有偿付责任
    • You will be liable for any damage caused.你必须对造成的任何损失负赔偿责任。🔊🔊
    • The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.法庭裁定他个人不负有偿付妻子债务的责任。🔊🔊
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    • Partners are jointly and severally (= together and individually ) liable for a partnership's debts.合伙人共同连带承担合伙公司的债务。
    • She's fully liable for the company's debts.她对公司的债务负全责。
    • They could be found liable for the entire amount.他们可能会被判负担全部费用。
    • Under this rule, if Y is employed by X, X will be vicariously liable for the actions of Y.根据这一规定，如果Y 受雇于X，X 将对Y 的行为负责。
    Topics Law and justicec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • remain
    • …
    adverb
    • strictly
    • fully
    • potentially
    • …
    preposition
    • for
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  2.  
    liable to do something likely to do something可能（做某事）
    • We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.人在疲劳时都可能出差错。🔊🔊
    • The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.那座桥可能随时坍塌。🔊🔊
  3. liable to something likely to be affected by something可能受…影响 synonym prone
    • You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.不经常运动就更容易受伤。🔊🔊
  4. liable to something likely to be punished by law for something可能受法律惩处
    • Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.违者可能被处以最多 500 美元的罚款。🔊🔊
    • Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.假装为私人的广告商可能会受到起诉。
  5. liable for/to something | liable to do something having to do something by law必须按法律做（某事）；负有…责任
    • People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.收入低于一定数额者不必纳税。🔊🔊
    • At 60, he was no longer liable for conscription.60岁时，他不再承担征兵责任。
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French, from French lier ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare.