responsible and deserving blame for having done something wrong 应受责备的;难辞其咎的 The accident was the result of a culpable failure to consider the risks involved. 这起事故是由于没有考虑到所涉及的风险而造成的。
Extra ExamplesShe believed him culpable of murder. 她认为他犯有谋杀罪,应受惩罚。 The prime minister is highly culpable in this affair. 首相在这次事件中特别应该受到谴责。 You are equally culpable in this affair. 你在这件事上也同样该受罚。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- believe somebody
- hold somebody
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- equally
- morally
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Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘deserving punishment’): from Old French coupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare ‘to blame’, from culpa ‘fault, blame’.