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accountable
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of ACCOUNTABLE
not used before a noun
1
: required to explain actions or decisions to someone（对某人）负有责任 — usually + to
- Political leaders need to be accountable to the people they represent.政治领袖要对他们所代表的人民负责任。
- a powerful businessman who seems to think that he's accountable [=answerable] to no one似乎认为自己不受任何人约束的有权势的商人
2
: required to be responsible for something（对某事）负有责任 — often + for
- If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable!如果出现差错，我会追究你个人的责任！
- They hold you accountable for your mistakes.他们要你为自己的错误负责。
- Each child is accountable [=responsible] for his or her own behavior.每个孩子都应对自身行为负责。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable! the owner was held accountable for his dog's biting of the child
Recent Examples on the Web How is the state holding local police departments accountable? 
Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2022 Lawmakers at both state and federal levels must work with victim advocates to craft new laws that halt the spread of nude images and hold individual perpetrators and their enablers legally accountable through the courts. Danielle Keats Citron, CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 The show offers up a narrative with a consistent message: that the system holds bad people accountable, Oliver said. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 And then there’s an effective, purposeful way that the city manager is held accountable in getting all that resolved and taken care of. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2022 Prosecutors should be accountable within the executive branch, not left to languish outside the tripartite system of government. WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 The use of mass records requests by the former president’s supporters effectively weaponizes laws aimed at promoting principles of a democratic system - that the government should be transparent and accountable. Amy Gardner And Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2022 Caravan works with accountable-care organizations, which are groups of hospitals, doctors and other providers who serve Medicare patients. CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 As America increasingly moves to wind, solar and other renewable energies, who maintains that infrastructure and keeps it safe – and who holds the industry accountable is a big unanswered question. oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2022 See More
Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2022 Lawmakers at both state and federal levels must work with victim advocates to craft new laws that halt the spread of nude images and hold individual perpetrators and their enablers legally accountable through the courts. Danielle Keats Citron, CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 The show offers up a narrative with a consistent message: that the system holds bad people accountable, Oliver said. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 And then there’s an effective, purposeful way that the city manager is held accountable in getting all that resolved and taken care of. Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2022 Prosecutors should be accountable within the executive branch, not left to languish outside the tripartite system of government. WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 The use of mass records requests by the former president’s supporters effectively weaponizes laws aimed at promoting principles of a democratic system - that the government should be transparent and accountable. Amy Gardner And Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2022 Caravan works with accountable-care organizations, which are groups of hospitals, doctors and other providers who serve Medicare patients. CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 As America increasingly moves to wind, solar and other renewable energies, who maintains that infrastructure and keeps it safe – and who holds the industry accountable is a big unanswered question. oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English accountable, accomptable, borrowed from Anglo-French acomptable, from acunter "to account entry 2" + -able -able
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of accountable was in the 15th century adjective
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