1 N-COUNT [usually singular] 累赘;负累;负担 If you say that someone or something is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment. 累赘;负累;负担
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As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
随着总统的声望持续下跌,他们显然开始视他为负累。
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...what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability.
这一曾经吸引选票的政策,如今成了政治上的负累。
SYN disadvantage, burden, drawback, inconvenience
2 N-COUNT [usually plural] 负债;债务 A company's or organization's liabilities are the sums of money which it owes. 负债;债务 [business, or law]
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