2011年7月16日 星期六

Accountability

Church of England Seeks Accountability From News Corp. in Hacking Scandal The church's investment arm, which owns shares in the News Corporation, sent a letter to Rupert Murdoch asking that senior executives be held accountable for failures at The News of the World newspaper.


當人們對某字如 accountability不太懂的時候 有時候再找另一字 如"當責"等翻譯它 然後揚揚得意......

accountable
(ə-koun'tə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Liable to being called to account; answerable. See synonyms at responsible.
  2. That can be explained: an accountable phenomenon.
accountability ac·count'a·bil'i·ty or ac·count'a·ble·ness n.
accountably ac·count'a·bly adv.


accountability[ac・count・a・bil・i・ty]

  • 発音記号[əkàuntəbíləti]

[名][U]
1 説明責任, 義務;会計責任. ▼一般の責任はresponsibility.
2 《教育》成績責任:生徒の成績によって学校の予算や教師の給料が左右される方式.

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