culpable

英 [ˈkʌlpəbl]

美 [ˈkʌlpəbl]

adj.  应受责备的; 难辞其咎的

TOEFLGRE法律

BNC.23673 / COCA.20145

牛津词典

adj.

• 应受责备的；难辞其咎的
  responsible and deserving blame for having done sth wrong

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 应受责备的;难辞其咎的
  If someone or their conduct isculpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
  1. Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.
     他们不采取任何行动的决定使他们难辞其咎。
  2. ...manslaughter resulting from culpable negligence.
     应该受到处罚的因为疏忽导致的过失杀人罪

英英释义

adj

• deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
  1. blameworthy if not criminal behavior
  2. censurable misconduct
  3. culpable negligence
  Synonym:blameworthyblamableblameableblamefulcensurable

双语例句

• Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.
  他们不采取任何行动的决定使他们难辞其咎。
• I cannot be held culpable for their mistakes.
  不能把他们的错误归咎於我。
• All of the above are culpable.
  他们都该受到责备。
• For there is no obvious level of support that is the obligatory minimum, and failure to know what that minimum is cannot therefore be morally culpable.
  因为，对参与试验患者的支持并没有明显的义务底线，因此缺乏获知这种最低限度的义务在道德上也不为过。
• 'You are equally culpable,' Judge Koh said to lawyers for both companies.
  法官高兰惠对两个公司的代理律师说，你们都难辞其咎。
• You can't make me culpable for their mistakes.
  你不能让我为他们的错误承担责任。
• At first, he could not get rid of a culpable sense of licence on his part.
  刚开始，就他这方面来讲，他对自己的放纵抱有一种难以摆脱的负疚感。
• But Yang Youbiao's widow says she does not believe culpable officials will be punished.
  可是杨友标（音）的遗孀说，她不相信有责任的官员会被处罚。
• Deserving of or open to censure. blameworthy if not criminal behavior; censurable misconduct; culpable negligence.
  就算不是犯罪行为也是有过错的；应该受责备的不正当行为；该受谴责的疏忽。
• But Lu believes that Carina Lau is also culpable.
  但是吕萍认为刘嘉玲同样应该受到处罚。