liability

英 [ˌlaɪəˈbɪləti]

美 [ˌlaɪəˈbɪləti]

n.  (法律上对某事物的)责任，义务; 惹麻烦的人(或事); 欠债; 负债; 债务

复数：liabilities　

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牛津词典

noun

• （法律上对某事物的）责任，义务
  the state of being legally responsible for sth
  1. The company cannot accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters.
     该公司对自然灾害造成的任何损失概不承担责任。
• 惹麻烦的人（或事）
  a person or thing that causes you a lot of problems
  1. Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
     琼斯负伤以来，与其说他是全队的骨干倒不如说他已成为队里的累赘。
• 欠债；负债；债务
  the amount of money that a person or company owes
  1. The company is reported to have liabilities of nearly $90 000.
     据说公司负债近9万元。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 累赘；负累；负担
  If you say that someone or something isa liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment.
  1. As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
     随着总统的声望持续下跌，他们显然开始视他为负累。
  2. ...what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability.
     这一曾经吸引选票的政策，如今成了政治上的负累。
• N-COUNT 负债；债务
  A company's or organization'sliabilitiesare the sums of money which it owes.
  1. The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million.
     这家公司资产为1.38亿美元，负债为1.205亿美元。
• See also:liable

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being something that holds you back
• an obligation to pay money to another party
  Synonym:indebtednessfinancial obligation
• the state of being legally obliged and responsible

双语例句

• This dissertation focuses on the invalid guaranty and its legal liability.
  本论文将无效保证的法律责任问题作为研究对象。
• As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
  随着总统的声望持续下跌，他们显然开始视他为负累。
• A judge incurs no civil liability for judicial acts even if guilty of fraud and corruption.
  法官不因其司法行为而承担民事责任，即使是欺诈和贪污。
• The subject of the action is the liability of the defendant for the plaintiff's injure.
  诉讼的主题是被告对原告伤害所承担的责任。
• Compensation for mental injury has already been adopted by the Tort Liability Law of PRC.
  我国《侵权责任法》已经吸纳了精神损害赔偿制度。
• Legal exemption from liability for damages.
  免除对损失进行赔偿的责任和义务。
• Subject of right and obligation constitute the subject of product liability.
  产品责任主体分为权利主体和义务主体。
• He then turns to an examination of communications for which criminal liability is fixed.
  然后，他转向了那些刑事责任固定通信检查。
• We have joint liability for the debt.
  我们对于那笔债务负有共同责任。
• Owners have no personal liability for malpractice of other owners.
  业主并没有对其他业主不当行为的个人责任。