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美音:[rıs´pɔnsəbəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.有责任的,可靠的,可依赖的,负责的

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副词:responsibly 名词:responsibleness

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/rɪ'spɒnsəbl; rɪ`spɑnsəbl/
adj
1 [pred 作表语] ~ (for sb/sth); ~ (for doing sth) legally or morally obliged, eg to take care of sb/sth or to carry out a duty, and liable to be blamed if one fails (在法律上或道义上)须负责任, 承担责任
*All pilots are responsible for their passengers' safety. 凡是飞机驾驶员均应对乘客的安全负责.
* I am wholly/partly responsible for the confusion. 我对此混乱情况负有全部[部分]责任.
* You must make yourself personally responsible for paying these bills. 你应该个人支付这些帐.
2 [pred 作表语] ~ to sb/sth having to account for one's actions to an authority or a superior 对自己的行动向主管者或上级承担责任
*be directly/indirectly responsible to the President直接[间接]向总统负责.
3 [pred 作表语] ~ (for sth) answerable for one's behaviour 应对自己的行为负责
*A drunk man cannot be held/considered fully responsible for his actions. 醉汉不能为其行为负全部责任.
4 (a) (of people) capable of being relied on; trustworthy (指人)可靠的, 可信赖的
*behave like responsible citizens, adults, committee members 做有责任心的公民、成年人、委员
* She is very responsible for (ie considering that she is) a six-year-old. 对于六岁的孩子来说, 她算是很靠得住的. Cf 参看 irresponsible.
(b) [esp attrib 尤作定语] (of jobs, etc) needing sb who can be relied on; involving important duties (指工作等)需可靠的人来做的; 责任重大的
*a highly responsible position, appointment, role 极其重要的职位、职务、职责.
5 [pred 作表语] ~ (for sth) being the cause (of sth) 作为(某事物的)原因; 应归咎或归功(于某事物)
*Who's responsible for this mess? 是谁弄得这么乱?
* Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer. 吸烟是许多人患肺癌的致病因素.

responsible


adj
1【guilty】
2【in charge of】
3【sensible】
4【cause】
5 responsible job/position
6 be responsible to somebody
【GUILTY】 [not before noun]
if someone is responsible for an accident, mistake, crime etc, it is their fault or they can be blamed
responsible for
 Police believe that the same man is responsible for three other murders in the area.
 We are determined to bring the people responsible to justice.
hold sb responsible (for sth)
 If anything goes wrong, I will hold you personally responsible .
【IN CHARGE OF】 [not before noun]
having a duty to be in charge of or to look after someone or something
responsible for
 Mills is responsible for a budget of over $5 million.
 The airline is legally responsible for the safety of its passengers.
responsible for doing sth
 He is responsible for recruiting and training new staff.
【SENSIBLE】
sensible and able to make good judgments, so that you can be trusted
irresponsible
reliable
 You can leave the children with Billy - he's very responsible.
responsible adult/citizen
 It's time you started acting like a responsible adult.
【CAUSE】 [not before noun]
if something is responsible for a change, problem, event etc, it causes it
responsible for
 The floods were responsible for the deaths of over a hundred people.
responsible job/position
a job in which the ability to make good judgments and decisions is needed
be responsible to sb
if you are responsible to someone, that person is in charge of your work and you must explain what you have done to them
 Cabinet members are directly responsible to the President.
GRAMMAR
!! Responsible is always an adjective, never a noun.
To be responsible for (doing) something can mean to have done something wrong : Who is responsible for this mess?
It can also mean to have to do or take care of something : You're responsible for taking people's coats. | Our department is responsible for marketing.
The person/company etc responsible is the person etc who has done something wrong : Police are determined to catch the man responsible (NOT the responsible).
A responsible person, or someone who is responsible , is sensible : Children should be in the care of a responsible adult. | He's a very responsible young man.

1. But if no one can be trusted to act in a loyal and responsible manner towards his job, then the business will require armies of administrators, checkers, and foremen, and administrative overheads will rise correspondingly.
    但是,如果企业中谁也不可信赖会对工作尽忠守职,那么企业就会需要大批的管理人员、检查人员和带班人员,管理费用就会相应地增加。

2. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.
    "大本"钟得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士,因为当建造新的国会大厦时,他负责建造大钟。

3. Who is responsible for the building´s maintenance?
    谁负责这座大楼的保养事宜?

4. The autocrat was replaced by a ruler responsible to the people.
    那独裁者被一位对人民负责的统治者取代了。

5. The government is responsible for the provision of medical services.
    政府负责提供医疗服务.

6. The court judged him sane and responsible for his acts.
    法官断定他神智清楚,应对他的行为负责.

7. To the extent that the people can be relied upon to behave in a loyal and responsible manner,
    如果人民忠于职守,举止规矩,能受到政府的信赖,

8. The first essential in elephant training is to assign to the animal a single mahout who will be entirely responsible for the job.
    驯象中至关生要的是指派一名专门的驯象员,全面负责这项工作。

9. The unconscious is certainly the source of instinctive activity. But in creative thought the unconscious is responsible for the production of new organized forms from relatively disorganized elements.
    潜意识无疑是本能活动的源泉。不过,在创造性思维过程中,正是潜意识使得相对无序的成分变成新的有序形式。

10. She was responsible for ensuring that all surgical instruments and materials were accounted for during an operation.
    她的责任是确保手术中的每样手术器械和手术材料都如数清点好。

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