liable基本信息
读法：英 ["laɪəb(ə)l] 美 ["laɪəbl]
释义：
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英英释义
Adjective:
"she is liable to forget"
中英词源
liable 有责任的
来自拉丁语ligare,绑定，连结，词源同ligament,oblige.
- liable
- liable: [15] Today’s main meaning of liable, ‘likely to’, is a comparatively recent development. Its primary sense is ‘legally bound or obliged’ (as in ‘liable for someone else’s debts’), which goes right back to the word’s ultimate source, Latin ligāre ‘tie’. Its Old French descendant lier is assumed to have give rise to an Anglo-Norman derivative *liable, literally ‘bindable’, which English took over.
Other English words that come ultimately from ligāre include ally, liaison [17], lien [16] (etymologically a ‘bond’), ligament [14], ligature [14], oblige, religion, and rely.
=> ally, liaison, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, religion, rely - liable (adj.)
- mid-15c., "bound or obliged by law," probably from Anglo-French *liable, from Old French lier "to bind, tie up, fasten, tether; bind by obligation," from Latin ligare "to bind, to tie" (see ligament). With -able. General sense of "exposed to" (something undesirable) is from 1590s. Incorrect use for "likely" is attested by 1886.
词态变化
权威造句
- 1. Offenders will be liable to a seven-year prison term.
- 违犯者可判处7年监禁。
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- 2. Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes.
- 教学实践中经常会出现突然的变化与改革。
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- 3. Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer.
- 这样的人很容易被人抨击为亵渎神明。
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- 4. Tenants remain liable if they pass on their lease.
- 如果房客将房子转租，他们仍承担责任。
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- 5. You know you are liable to be cross-examined mercilessly about the assault.
- 你要清楚他们可能会就这起人身侵犯案毫不留情地盘问你。
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单词分析
这些形容词均含“倾向于……的；易于……的”之意。liable指易于产生某种不利的结果，侧重偶然性，常表示警告或提醒。
apt口语中常用，指自然的或习惯的倾向，无特殊的褒贬意味，常指在一般情况下发生的事。
likely侧重可能性，用于指将来，预言希望或所不希望的结果。
prone多用于人，着重其本性，或倾向于某种错误、弱点或不良行为等。
subject指确实可以察觉的倾向，也就是总结出来的规律。
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