- If you drive into someone's fence, you’ll probably be held liable — legally responsible — for fixing it. Liable can also mean “likely,” usually with something unpleasant: "If you don't brush your teeth, they're liable to fall out."
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- adj. 有责任的，有义务的；有…倾向的；易…的
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1. You will be liable for any damage caused.
你必须对造成的任何损失负赔偿责任。
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2. We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.
人在疲劳时都可能出差错。
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3. The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
那座桥可能随时坍塌下来。
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4. You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
不经常运动就更容易受伤。
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5. Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
违者可能被处以最多 500 元的罚款。
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6. People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
收入低于一定数额者不必纳税。
- liable (adj.) mid-15c., "bound or obliged by law," probably from Anglo-French *liable, from Old French lier "to bind, tie up, fasten, tether; bind by obligation" (12c.), from Latin ligare "to bind, to tie" (from PIE root *leig- "to tie, bind"). With -able. Perhaps from an unattested word in Old French or Medieval Latin. General sense of "exposed to" (something undesirable) is from 1590s. Incorrect use for "likely" is attested by 1850.
li·able / ˈlaɪəbl ; NAmE ˈlaɪəbl / adjective [not before noun ] 1 liable(for sth) legally responsible for paying the cost of sth （法律上）负有偿付责任 ◆ You will be liable for any damage caused. 你必须对造成的任何损失负赔偿责任。 ◆ The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts. 法庭裁定他个人不负有偿付妻子债务的责任。 2 liableto do sth likely to do sth 可能（做某事） ◆ We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired. 人在疲劳时都可能出差错。 ◆ The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment. 那座桥可能随时坍塌下来。 3 liableto sth likely to be affected by sth 可能受…影响 SYN prone ◆ You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently. 不经常运动就更容易受伤。 4 liableto sth likely to be punished by law for sth 可能受法律惩处 ◆ Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500. 违者可能被处以最多 500 元的罚款。 5 liablefor/to sth | liableto do sth having to do sth by law 必须按法律做（某事）；负有…责任 ◆ People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax. 收入低于一定数额者不必纳税。 li·able / ˈlaɪəbl ; NAmE ˈlaɪəbl /
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