| 词汇 | culpable |
| 释义 | culpableWord family nounculpabilityadverbculpablyadjectiveculpatoryculpable Crime cul·pa·ble /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ adjectiveadj 1 formalGUILTY deserving blame 应受谴责[处罚]的 Both parties were held to be to some extent culpable. ► see thesaurus at guilty 双方都被追究了一定的责任。 2 lawSCC a culpable action is one that is considered criminal 〔行为〕有罪的 culpable homicide/negligence etc He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. 他承认犯有谋杀罪。 —culpably adverbadv —culpability /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus culpable• If people develop smoking-related diseases, are they or the tobacco companies culpable?• Both individual men and the political movements men have made within the working class are culpable.• Still, he would have done if it hadn't slipped his mind, and surely the intention made him culpable.• At the same time, the culpable faction is viewed as exempt from organizational control.• Sloppy accounting was culpable for the shortfall in revenue.• He would immortalize Jack and vindicate himself from his culpable grief by becoming what Jack would have been.• In that lack of concern, he was no more or less culpable than his predecessors.• The oil companies are culpable too. culpable homicide/negligence etc• Yesterday, the Crown accepted a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.• Sutherland has denied the culpable homicide of Mr Buckley. (1200-1300) Old French coupable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare “to blame”, from culpa “guilt” |
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