responsibility

1. N-UNCOUNT If you have responsibility for something or someone, or if they are your responsibility, it is your job or duty to deal with them and to make decisions relating to them. 責(zé)任

Each manager had responsibility for just under 600 properties. 每位經(jīng)理對差一點不到六百處房產(chǎn)負(fù)責(zé)。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you accept responsibility for something that has happened, you agree that you were to blame for it or you caused it. 責(zé)任

No one admitted responsibility for the attacks. 沒有人對這些襲擊負(fù)責(zé)。

3. N-PLURAL Your responsibilities are the duties that you have because of your job or position. 職責(zé)

I am told that he handled his responsibilities as a counsellor in a highly intelligent and caring fashion. 我被告知，他以一種高度的智慧和富有同情心的方式對待他作為一名顧問的職責(zé)。

4. N-UNCOUNT If someone is given responsibility, they are given the right or opportunity to make important decisions or to take action without having to get permission from anyone else. 職權(quán)

She would have loved to have a better-paying job with more responsibility. 她本想有一份薪水更高職權(quán)更多的工作。

5. N-SING If you think that you have a responsibility to do something, you feel that you ought to do it because it is morally right to do it. 責(zé)任

The court feels it has a responsibility to ensure that customers are not misled. 該法院覺得其有責(zé)任確保消費者們不被誤導(dǎo)。

6. N-SING If you think that you have a responsibility to someone, you feel that it is your duty to take action that will protect their interests. 義務(wù)

She had decided that as a doctor she had a responsibility to her fellow creatures. 她決定作為一名醫(yī)生她對同胞們負(fù)有義務(wù)。