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

• Society is culpable, in that it does not afford instruction gratis;
  社会的罪在于不办义务教育；
• Consequently, he bears penal liability instead of civil tort liability, and is culpable in the light of PRC's penal code.
  因此，该男子应承担的是刑事责任，而不是民事侵权责任，依据中国的刑法典应受到追究。
• '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。
• 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。
• I cannot be held culpable for their mistakes.
  不能把他们的错误归咎於我。
• But Yang Youbiao's widow says she does not believe culpable officials will be punished.
  可是杨友标（音）的遗孀说，她不相信有责任的官员会被处罚。
• Mat I hold more culpable, and less politic; except it be in great and rare matters.
  那我认为，除非在重大与稀有的事件之中，是罪过多于智谋的。
• Is this database suppose to make them more culpable?
  这个数据库是要使他们更多的受到谴责吗？
• Brooke was really culpable.
  布鲁克实在是罪魁祸首。
• 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。