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单词 culpableness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cul•pa•ble /ˈkʌlpəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. [be + ~]
  1. deserving blame; guilty:He was culpable, but whether he could be charged legally was another story.
cul•pa•bil•i•ty /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation  cul•pa•ble•ness, n. [uncountable]The question of culpability is the heart of the matter.
cul•pa•bly, adv. See -culp-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cul•pa•ble  (kulpə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. deserving blame or censure;
    blameworthy.
  • Latin as above
  • Middle French
  • Latin culpābilis, equivalent. to culpā(re) to hold liable (derivative of culpa blame) + -bilis -ble; replacing Middle English coupable
  • Middle English 1275–1325
cul′pa•bili•ty, culpa•ble•ness, n. 
culpa•bly, adv. 
    reprehensible.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
culpable /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ adj
  1. deserving censure; blameworthy
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French coupable, from Latin culpābilis, from culpāre to blame, from culpa fault

ˌculpaˈbility, ˈculpableness n ˈculpably adv
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