ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]有责任的;应作解释的 If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person. 有责任的;应作解释的 [Also + to]
Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions. [+ for]
终于要对政府官员实行问责了。
The major service industries should be accountable to their customers.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be負有責任▸➤become開始負有責任▸➤make sb使某人負責▸➤hold sb認為某人應負責◇The directors are held accountable by the shareholders.股東認為董事應負責任。ADVERB➤fully, properly完全負責的;負應負責任的▸➤personally個人負有責任的▸➤directly直接負責的◇Senior managers are directly accountable to the Board of Directors.高層管理人員直接對董事會負責。➤ultimately負最終責任的◇Someone has to be held ultimately accountable for the accident.必須有人對這起事故負最終責任。➤publicly對公眾負責◇Local authorities should be publicly accountable to the communities they serve.地方當局應對所服務的社區民眾負責。➤democratically負有民主職責◇democratically accountable leaders負有民主職責的領導人➤financially, legally, politically負有財政職責;負有法律責任;負有政治責任PREPOSITION➤for為⋯負責◇In the end, we are all accountable for our actions.我們最終都要對自己的行為負責。➤to對⋯負責◇The real power lies with a bureaucracy that is not accountable to the public.實權掌握在對公眾不負責任的官僚手中。◇Politicians are accountable to their constituents.從政者對自己選區的選民負責。