culpable

英 [ˈkʌlpəbl]

美 [ˈkʌlpəbl]

adj.  应受责备的; 难辞其咎的

TOEFLGRE法律

BNC.23673 / COCA.20145

牛津词典

adj.

• 应受责备的；难辞其咎的
  responsible and deserving blame for having done sth wrong

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 应受责备的;难辞其咎的
  If someone or their conduct isculpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
  1. Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.
     他们不采取任何行动的决定使他们难辞其咎。
  2. ...manslaughter resulting from culpable negligence.
     应该受到处罚的因为疏忽导致的过失杀人罪

英英释义

adj

• deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
  1. blameworthy if not criminal behavior
  2. censurable misconduct
  3. culpable negligence
  Synonym:blameworthyblamableblameableblamefulcensurable

双语例句

• 'You are equally culpable,' Judge Koh said to lawyers for both companies.
  法官高兰惠对两个公司的代理律师说，你们都难辞其咎。
• Politicians and President George Bush is the most culpable among them ( see article) have failed to explain this.
  政客们没有很好澄清此处，而布什总统是他们中最应受到责备的。
• The theory of culpable illegality shows its positive effects on theories, practices, and suits.
  可罚的违法性理论的积极效用主要表现在其对理论、实践和诉讼上的效用等三个方面。
• With several high-profile MBA graduates found culpable in the current financial crisis, many business schools are looking to their laurels and considering whether ethics and social responsibility should replace profit margins and shareholder value.
  随着人们发现几位知名的mba毕业生在当前金融危机中犯下错误，许多商学院开始注意自己的名誉，考虑是否应该用道德和社会责任取代利润率和股东价值。
• Let us bear this in mind, and waste of time will appear to us in the light of a crime as culpable as suicide itself.
  让我们把这点牢记心中，对我们来说，时间的耗费似乎同犯罪中的自杀一样应该受到谴责。
• Bail-outs can save the innocent as well as the culpable, but even when they don't, it is fantasy to expect governments to refrain from them.
  救市既能挽救无辜者，也能挽救那些有罪的人，但即便没有做到这一点，也不可能指望政府不出手救市。
• The ballooning hedge fund industry is also culpable.
  日益膨胀的对冲基金业也该受到指责。
• You can't make me culpable for their mistakes.
  你不能让我为他们的错误承担责任。
• Deserving of or open to censure. blameworthy if not criminal behavior; censurable misconduct; culpable negligence.
  就算不是犯罪行为也是有过错的；应该受责备的不正当行为；该受谴责的疏忽。
• Unbelievers who turn away from Him and who deprive themselves of Him by their malice are today doubly culpable.
  信的人，离他和谁剥夺了自己的他，他们的恶意今天加倍惩处。