| 词汇 | liable to do something |
| 释义 | liable to do somethingliable to do something PROBABLYlikely to do or say something or to behave in a particular way, especially because of a fault or natural tendency 可能[易于]做某事 SYN likely The car is liable to overheat on long trips. 这辆汽车跑长途容易过热。 He was liable to just show up without warning. 他总是不预先通知一声就来了。 Examples from the Corpus liable to do something• Participants who break any conditions are liable to arrest, conviction or a, 400 fine.• But the hatred they aroused meant that they were liable to be brutally slaughtered if captured afterwards.• The Blackshirts deliberately concentrated on those areas where there were liable to be violent counter-demonstrations.• Schools will therefore be liable to lose pupils and funds if they fail to satisfy parents.• This shows all those who are liable to pay community charge and specifies the particular type the individual will pay.• Accountants will be held liable to third parties with whom they have no contractual or fiduciary relationship.• Clerical Medical is liable to United Kingdom tax on the income and certain gains arising from the assets backing this policy.• Act 1974 is liable to unlimited fines and/or up to two years imprisonment after conviction by a Crown Court. → liable to do something at liable(1) |
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