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.