culpable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cul·pa·ble /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ adjective 1 formalGUILTY deserving blame 应受谴责[处罚]的 Both parties were held to be to some extent culpable. 双方都被追究了一定的责任。► see thesaurus at guilty2 lawSCC a culpable action is one that is considered criminal 〔行为〕有罪的culpable homicide/negligence etc He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. 他承认犯有谋杀罪。 —culpably adverb —culpability /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
culpable• If people develop smoking-related diseases, are they or the tobacco companies culpable?• Both individual men and the political movements men have made within the working class are culpable.• Still, he would have done if it hadn't slipped his mind, and surely the intention made him culpable.• At the same time, the culpable faction is viewed as exempt from organizational control.• Sloppy accounting was culpable for the shortfall in revenue.• He would immortalize Jack and vindicate himself from his culpable grief by becoming what Jack would have been.• In that lack of concern, he was no more or less culpable than his predecessors.• The oil companies are culpable too.culpable homicide/negligence etc• Yesterday, the Crown accepted a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.• Sutherland has denied the culpable homicide of Mr Buckley.Origin culpable (1200-1300) Old French coupable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare “to blame”, from culpa “guilt”cul·pa·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus blame deserving
culpable
cul‧pa‧ble /ˈkʌlpəbəl/
adjective
Both parties were held to be to some extent culpable.
2. law a culpable action is one that is considered criminal
culpable homicide/negligence etc
He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide.
—culpably adverb
—culpability /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti, ˌkʌlpəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
▪ guilty if someone is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong, they did it, and they should be punished for it: She was found guilty of murder. | He was guilty of serious misconduct. | The two guilty men were ordered to pay damages to their victims.
▪responsible [not before noun] used when saying who should be blamed for something bad that has happened: Police believe a local gang is responsible for the burglaries. | As manager, he is ultimately responsible for the failure of the project. | The other driver was responsible for the accident.
▪be to blame if someone is to blame for a bad situation, they are responsible: The government is partly to blame for the crisis. | If anything goes wrong, it’s never him that is to blame.
▪culpable /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ formal responsible for something bad or illegal, so that you deserve to be blamed or punished: The people who helped the terrorists are equally culpable for what happened on July 7th. | He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide (=being guilty of causing someone’s death).
▪negligent /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ [not usually before noun] responsible for something bad that has happened, because you did not take enough care, or you did not try to stop it from happening: The court decided that the railway company was negligent.
▪be in the wrong to be responsible for an accident, mistake etc – used when deciding which person, group etc should be blamed: The other driver was clearly in the wrong. | She always thinks it’s me who is in the wrong.
▪incriminating used about things which seem to show that someone is guilty of a crime: incriminating evidence | incriminating documents | He didn’t want to say anything incriminating.
cul‧pa‧ble /ˈkʌlpəbəl/
adjective Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: coupable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare 'to blame', from culpa 'guilt'
1. formal deserving blame:Language: Old French
Origin: coupable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare 'to blame', from culpa 'guilt'
2. law a culpable action is one that is considered criminal
culpable homicide/negligence etc
—culpably adverb
—culpability /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti, ˌkʌlpəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
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