liability
英 [ˌlaɪəˈbɪləti]
美 [ˌlaɪəˈbɪləti]
n. (法律上对某事物的)责任，义务; 惹麻烦的人(或事); 欠债; 负债; 债务
复数：liabilities
Collins.2 / BNC.1908 / COCA.4121
牛津词典
noun
- （法律上对某事物的）责任，义务
the state of being legally responsible for sth- The company cannot accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters.
该公司对自然灾害造成的任何损失概不承担责任。
- The company cannot accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters.
- 惹麻烦的人（或事）
a person or thing that causes you a lot of problems- Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
琼斯负伤以来，与其说他是全队的骨干倒不如说他已成为队里的累赘。
- Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
- 欠债；负债；债务
the amount of money that a person or company owes- The company is reported to have liabilities of nearly $90 000.
据说公司负债近9万元。
- The company is reported to have liabilities of nearly $90 000.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 累赘；负累；负担
If you say that someone or something isa liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment.- 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。 - ...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。
- As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
- N-COUNT 负债；债务
A company's or organization'sliabilitiesare the sums of money which it owes.- The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million.
这家公司资产为1.38亿美元，负债为1.205亿美元。
- The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million.
- See also:liable
英英释义
noun
- the quality of being something that holds you back
- an obligation to pay money to another party
- the state of being legally obliged and responsible