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单词 accountability
释义 accountability|əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. accountable: see -bility.]
The quality of being accountable; liability to give account of, and answer for, discharge of duties or conduct; responsibility, amenableness. = accountableness.
1794S. Williams Hist. Vermont 140 No mutual checks and ballances, accountability and responsibility.1808Mem. Dr. J. Cadman (1853) 75 To affect the accountability of man.1837J. Harris Grt. Teacher 170 The perception of your new accountability might well impress you with an awful concern.1849Grote Greece V. ii. xlvi. 475 Individual magistrates exposed to annual accountability.1859Mill Dissert. I. 467 Pushing to its utmost extent the accountability of governments to the people.
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