liable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
    — The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  2. Subject; susceptible; prone.
    — This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.
  3. Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
    — Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.
  4. Likely. predicative
    — Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

词形变化

more liable comparative most liable superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
liableness nonliable unliable
相关词
liability oblige reliable

词源

From Old French lier (“to bind”), from Latin ligō, ligāre (“to bind, to tie”).
Compare typologically Russian обя́занный (objázannyj), обяза́тельный (objazátelʹnyj) (akin to вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)).
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