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culpable

英式英标[\'kʌlpəbl]
美式音标[\'kʌlpəb(ə)l]

adj. 有罪的；该责备的；不周到的；应受处罚的

中文词源

culpable 应受责备的

来自culp-,责备，谴责，词源同inculpable.

英文词源

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.

中文解释

1. culp- (谐音“铐哦怕、铐了怕”) => culpable.2. culp-: 谐音“铐恶扒”-----把罪恶、凶恶的扒手给铐起来。

实用例句

1. The judge found the man culpable.: 法官认为那个人有罪.

2. Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.: 他们不采取任何行动的决定使他们难辞其咎。

3. I cannot be held culpable ( for their mistakes ).: 不能 ( 把他们的错误 ) 归咎于我.

4. They held him culpable for the offence.: 他们认为他有罪应受惩罚.

5. At first, he could not get rid of a culpable sense of licence on his part.: 刚开始, 就他这方面来讲,他对自己的放纵抱有一种难以摆脱的负疚感.

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