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having the job or duty of doing something or taking care of somebody/something, so that you may be blamed if something goes wrong 有责任；负责；承担义务 - responsible for doing something
Mike is responsible for designing the entire project. 迈克负责设计全部工程。 - responsible for somebody/something
Even where parents no longer live together, they each continue to be responsible for their children. 即使父母不再共同生活，他们也要分别对子女负责。 The management team is directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company. 管理团队直接负责公司的日常运营。 I'd like to talk to whoever is responsible here. 我想和这里的负责人谈谈。
Extra ExamplesAll members of the Cabinet are collectively responsible for decisions taken. 所有内阁成员对所作决定集体负责。 Both parents are equally responsible for raising the children. 父母双方对于抚养孩子负有同等责任。 I am making you responsible for the cooking. 我让你负责烹饪。 I'm leaving you responsible for Juliet's protection. 我把保护朱丽叶的任务交给你了。 The board is ultimately responsible for policy decisions. 最终由董事会负责决定采取什么政策。 The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training. 该公司甚至不能指出一个名义上负责职员培训的人。 They're responsible for cleaning the engine. 他们负责清洗发动机。 Thompson is directly responsible for all aspects of the business unit. 汤普森直接负责该业务部门的方方面面。 We are all equally responsible for its success. 我们大家都同样为其成功贡献了力量。 if you're solely responsible for your family's welfare 如果你家庭的幸福只是靠你一个人 the person nominally responsible for staff training 名义上负责职员培训的人
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being able to be blamed for something 应受责备；有责任 - responsible for something
Who's responsible for this mess? 是谁弄得这么乱？ He is mentally ill and cannot be held responsible for his actions. 他有精神病，不能对自己的行为负责。 We will ensure that anyone found responsible for the accident is held accountable. 我们将确保任何被发现对事故负责的人被追究责任。 Everything will be done to bring those responsible to justice. 将竭尽全力把罪魁祸首绳之以法。 You mustn't feel responsible in any way. 你千万不要觉得有任何责任。
Extra ExamplesDid he think her somehow responsible for Eddie's death? 他认为她对埃迪的死多少应负点儿责任吗? He was almost single-handedly responsible for the flourishing drug trade in the town. 镇上猖獗的毒品交易几乎都是他一手造成的。 She was very distressed at the time and cannot be held responsible for her actions. 她当时很苦恼，不能为自己的行为负责。 I believe the press to be partly responsible for the recent rise in racist attacks. 我认为媒体对最近种族主义袭击的增加负有部分责任。 Who was responsible for the mistake? 谁应对这一错误负责？ They held him responsible for the failure of the policy. 他们把政策的失败归咎于他。 The commander was personally responsible for ordering the attack on the village. 指挥官亲自负责下令对该村庄进行攻击。
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being the cause of something 作为原因；成为起因 - responsible for something
Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 90 per cent of deaths from lung cancer. 吸烟导致约90%的肺癌死亡。 He believes that man-made carbon dioxide is directly responsible for global warming. 他认为人为二氧化碳是全球变暖的直接原因。 Hormonal changes may be partly responsible for these mood swings. 荷尔蒙的变化可能是这些情绪波动的部分原因。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb2It's been one of the factors chiefly responsible for improved public health. 这是公共卫生得以改善的主要因素之一。 No single pathogen seems wholly responsible for the disease. 这个病似乎不完全是由某一个病原体引起的。 An investigation into the contamination of the water supply revealed that fracking was responsible. 对供水污染的调查显示水力压裂是罪魁祸首。
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that you can trust and rely on 可信任的；可信赖的；可靠的 The child should be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult. 儿童应由父母或其他负责任的成年人陪同。 We need to teach our children to act as responsible citizens. 我们需要教育我们的孩子成为负责任的公民。 the importance of using medicines in a responsible manner 以负责任的方式使用药物的重要性 Clare has a mature and responsible attitude to work. 克莱尔对待工作成熟而可信赖。 The firm specializes in socially responsible investments. 该公司专门从事对社会负责的投资。 - responsible with something
They are not very responsible with money. 他们花钱有些大手大脚。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2Resources must be allocated in a morally responsible way. 资源分配必须要对得起良心。 In California you have to be 21 to be considered responsible enough to drink. 在加利福尼亚州，必须满 21 岁才能被认为可以饮酒。 their efforts to make the industry more responsible and responsive to concerns 他们使该行业变得更有责任感且更积极回应人们所关心问题的努力 The organization needs to become more environmentally responsible. 该组织应该加强环境意识。
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needing somebody who can be trusted and relied on; involving important duties 责任重大的；需要可靠的人负责的 a responsible position 责任重的地位
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having to report to somebody/something with authority or in a higher position and explain to them what you have done （向主管者或上级）承担责任 Extra Examplesa complex web of party bodies ultimately responsible to the Central Committee 最终向中央委员会负责的复杂的政党机构 The prime minister is directly responsible to Parliament. 首相直接向议会负责。
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘answering to, corresponding’): from obsolete French responsible, from Latin respons- ‘answered, offered in return’, from the verb respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.