| 单词 | culpable |
| 释义 | Related topics: Crimecul·pa·ble /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ adjective 1 formalGUILTY deserving blame 应受谴责[处罚]的 Both parties were held to be to some extent culpable. 双方都被追究了一定的责任。► see thesaurus at guilty2 lawSCC a culpable action is one that is considered criminal 〔行为〕有罪的culpable homicide/negligence etc He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. 他承认犯有谋杀罪。 —culpably adverb —culpability /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusculpable• If people develop smoking-related diseases, are they or the tobacco companies culpable?• Both individual men and the political movements men have made within the working class are culpable.• Still, he would have done if it hadn't slipped his mind, and surely the intention made him culpable.• At the same time, the culpable faction is viewed as exempt from organizational control.• Sloppy accounting was culpable for the shortfall in revenue.• He would immortalize Jack and vindicate himself from his culpable grief by becoming what Jack would have been.• In that lack of concern, he was no more or less culpable than his predecessors.• The oil companies are culpable too.culpable homicide/negligence etc• Yesterday, the Crown accepted a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.• Sutherland has denied the culpable homicide of Mr Buckley.Origin culpable (1200-1300) Old French coupable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare “to blame”, from culpa “guilt”cul·pa·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus blame deserving |
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