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culpable

英 ['kʌlpəb(ə)l]美 ['kʌlpəbl]

adj. 有罪的；该责备的；不周到的；应受处罚的

星级词汇:★

记忆方法

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。

中文词源

culpable 应受责备的

来自culp-,责备，谴责，词源同inculpable.

英语词源

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.

权威例句

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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