liability
/laɪəˈbɪlɪti/ 名词 C2中文： 负债、债务
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
- A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help. · You're a bloody liability sometimes!
- The likelihood of something happening.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
复数 liabilities
来自图书馆
The Englishman entered, and found Morrel seated at a table, turning over the formidable columns of his ledger, which contained the list of his liabilities.
“I will not,” continued he, after a moment’s silence, “conceal from you, that while your probity and exactitude up to this moment are universally acknowledged, yet the report is current in Marseilles that you are not able to meet your liabilities.”
Because international trade and business demand a high degree of linguistic standardization, critics view the local dialect as an economic liability.
Such hollow platitudes are particularly prevalent in the realm of corporate communications, where legal liability and brand reputation often supersede moral obligation.
在真实文章中学习liability
注册免费账号后，在图书馆中把鼠标悬停在任何单词上即可看到意思，还能听朗读、收藏单词并按你的记忆安排复习，看到每本书你已经认识多少。