Day126-accountable

2019-07-22  本文已影响0人  jiangyuxuan

1. 认识这个词(基础篇)

词:accountable

英英释义:responsible for the effects of your actions and willing to explain or be criticized for them

例句:Decision-makers must be accountable for their actions.

2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)

“accountable”是形容词,通过它的英英释义可以了解到它除了有“负有责任的“意思外,还有“应做解释的”的意思。当我们想表示“负责”“问责”的时候就可以用到 accountable,是个口语和写作中都可以用到的好词。

accountable 最常见的表达形式是 be accountable for/to,也常和 hold 搭配使用用作 be held accountable for。我们通过几个例句掌握它的用法。   

决策人必须为自己的行为负责,就可以说成:

Decision-makers must be accountable for their actions.

我们常说的“讨个说法”其实就是要求当事人对某个行为负责,作出解释,这时候就可以用 accoutable。

The school should be held accountable for its handling of the situation.

我们常说“国家兴亡,匹夫有责”,也可以用英文说成:

Everyone should be held accountable for his country’s rise and fall.

最后我们再看几个《经济学人》中用到 accountable 的例子:

1)The men responsible for the bloodshed will not relinquish power, nor will they be held accountable.(体会一下这里 responsible 和 accountable 的用法)

2)An investigation by the transportation department in 2012 found that the FAA had not done enough to “hold Boeing accountable”.

3)Some counties do nothing with the data; some use it to hold educators accountable.

3. 从认识到会用(作业)

1)翻译下面的句子: 

从政者最终需要向选民负责。

(参考翻译: Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.)

2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。   

The politicians should hold accountable for the accident.

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