1N-COUNT [usually singular]累赘;负累;负担 If you say that someone or something is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment. 累赘;负累;负担
As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
随着总统的声望持续下跌,他们显然开始视他为负累。
...what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability.