culpable
英 ['kʌlpəb(ə)l]
美 ['kʌlpəbl]
助記提示
1. culp- (諧音“銬哦怕、銬了怕”) => culpable.
2. culp-: 諧音“銬惡扒”-----把罪惡、凶惡的扒手給銬起來。
中文詞源
culpable 應受責備的來自culp-,責備，譴責，詞源同inculpable.
英文詞源
- culpable (adj.)
- late 13c., coupable, from Old French coupable (12c., Modern French coupable), from Latin culpabilis "worthy of blame," from culpare "to blame," from culpa "crime, fault, blame, guilt, error." English (and for a time French) restored the first Latin -l- in later Middle Ages.
雙語例句
- 1. The judge found the man culpable.
- 法官認為那個人有罪.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.
- 他們不采取任何行動的決定使他們難辭其咎。
來自辭典例句
- 3. I cannot be held culpable ( for their mistakes ).
- 不能 ( 把他們的錯誤 ) 歸咎於我.
來自辭典例句
- 4. They held him culpable for the offence.
- 他們認為他有罪應受懲罰.
來自辭典例句
- 5. At first, he could not get rid of a culpable sense of licence on his part.
- 剛開始, 就他這方麵來講,他對自己的放縱抱有一種難以擺脫的負疚感.
來自辭典例句