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小词详解 | culpable
culpable 英 [ˈkʌlpəbl] 美 [ˈkʌlpəbl]
But the court did not say there had been widespread rigging or that the president was culpable.
但法庭并未说存在普遍操纵选举的现象,也没说总统负有责任。
——《经济学人》Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa has discretion over sentencing, which, for culpable homicide, can range from a fine to 15 years in prison.
法官科齐尔·玛蒂尔达·马西珀在量刑上有自由裁量权,就过失杀人罪而言,量刑范围可以从罚款到15年徒刑不等。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 应受责备的
他们不采取任何行动的冷漠使他们难辞其咎。
Their apathy to do nothing makes them culpable.
A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity.
但凡一个人逃脱社会平庸的管辖,在社会看来他便是有罪的。
guilty: culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing blameworthy: responsible for wrongdoing and deserving of censure or blame liable: responsible by law; legally answerable