liability

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n. 责任, 债务, 倾向 [经] 责任, 义务, 负债

发音

US /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/

词形变化

liabilities 复数 liabilities

别名

Liab.

教材释义与例句

名词

责任；债务；倾向；可能性；不利因素

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.

    Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.

    负债

    债务

    可数 不可数 金融 商务
  3. 3.

    A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.

    A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.

    可数 贬义 非正式 不可数

    You're a bloody liability sometimes!

  5. 5.

    The likelihood of something happening.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    The condition of being susceptible to something.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

indebtedness

反义词 1

asset

上位词 5

bad obligation badness susceptibility susceptibleness

下位词 10

debt disadvantage payable arrears account payable limited liability ratability rateability scot and lot taxability

相关短语

liability insurance [经] 责任保险 liability insurances limited liability company [经] 股份有限公司 public limited liability company private limited liability company limited liability companies private limited liability companies public limited liability companies limited liability [经] 有限责任 no liability vicarious liability [法] 替代责任 secondary liability [经] 次要负债, 第二负债 enterprise liability 企业责任 chancel repair liability strict liability [法] 后果责任, 严格赔偿责任, 严格责任

词源

From liable + -ity.

来源：wiktionary