| 单词 | culpable |
| 释义 | culpable (once / 3017 pages) adj If a child tells his mother he was not to blame for the cookie jar being broken, she could still find him culpable if he was the only one home. Culpable means to be at fault. Culpable is being deserving of blame. If you are culpable of a crime, you are the culprit, or the one who did it. Culpable can be used when looking for the root of the problem rather than a simple who done it. If a teacher leaves the room during a difficult test, and the students decide to cheat, parents might ask whether or not the teacher was also somewhat culpable for the outcome. WORD FAMILYculpable: culpability, culpableness, culpabler, culpably, inculpable+/inculpable: inculpability, inculpableness, inculpably USAGE EXAMPLESTo be fair, the kids are plenty culpable. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) The schoolboy's killer is serving nine years for culpable homicide. BBC(Dec 05, 2016) Ira Koslow, president of Venice’s neighbourhood council, said sellers were just as culpable as the buyers who replaced airy bungalows with “monster” homes. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) adj deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious culpable negligence Syn blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable guilty responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act |
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