1 N-UNCOUNT 责任;义务 If you have responsibility for something or someone, or if they are your responsibility, it is your job or duty to deal with them and to take decisions relating to them. 责任;义务
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Each manager had responsibility for just under 600 properties. [+ for]
每位经理负责将近600处房产。
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We need to take responsibility for looking after our own health.
我们必须对自己的健康负责。
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'She's not your responsibility,' he said gently.
“她不归你负责,”他温和地说道。
2 N-UNCOUNT 责任;过失 If you accept responsibility for something that has happened, you agree that you were to blame for it or you caused it. 责任;过失
3 N-PLURAL 职责;任务 Your responsibilities are the duties that you have because of your job or position. 职责;任务
SYN obligation, duty, liability, charge
4 N-UNCOUNT 重任;职权 If someone is given responsibility, they are given the right or opportunity to make important decisions or to take action without having to get permission from anyone else. 重任;职权
SYN authority, power, control, management
5 N-SING [usually NOUN to-infinitive] (道义上的)责任,义务 If you think that you have a responsibility to do something, you feel that you ought to do it because it is morally right to do it. (道义上的)责任,义务
6 N-SING 对…的责任 If you think that you have a responsibility to someone, you feel that it is your duty to take action that will protect their interests. 对…的责任
Quotations
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown William Shakespeare Henry IV, part II
The buck stops here Harry S. Truman motto on his desk at the White House
Word Partnership | Use responsibility with: |
VERB. | assume responsibility, bear responsibility, share responsibility, take responsibility 1 2 3 4 have (a) responsibility 1 4 5 6 accept responsibility, claim responsibility 2 be given responsibility 4 |
ADJ. | financial responsibility, personal responsibility 1 2 3 4 moral responsibility 5 |
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