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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·ac·count·a·ble /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl◂/ adjective formal  1 SURPRISEDvery surprising and difficult to explain 莫名其妙的;无法解释的;不可理解的 the unaccountable shyness she always felt in Louise’s presence 她在路易丝面前总是感到的莫名羞涩 For some unaccountable reason, he arrived a day early. 不知何故,他早到了一天。2 RESPONSIBLEnot having to explain your actions or decisions to anyone else 〔对自己的行为或决定〕不用解释的,无须负责的 OPP accountableunaccountable to Doctors still remain largely unaccountable to the public. 医生们依然在很大程度上无须就其医疗行为对民众作说明。
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unaccountableI had never believed in ghosts but what I had seen was unaccountable.Most currencies are controlled by people who are unelected and unaccountable.This is the heady sensation that most travelers relish, the freedom that comes from feeling unaccounted for and unaccountable.This, as has been said, is particularly true of the moves to set up an unaccountable Central Bank.That is not democracy or power to the people - it is all power to an autarchy of unaccountable conservative central bankers.unaccountable federal agency officialsHerein lies the danger: that power will lurk, unspecified and unaccountable, in the shadows of compromise.For some unaccountable reason he was sure I would be successful.All of our economic life is to be decided by an unelected, unaccountable single central bank.Doctors have more control over the treatment received by their patients but remain largely unaccountable to the public and management.
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unaccountable
unaccountable /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl◂/ adjective formal
1. very surprising and difficult to explain:
    the unaccountable shyness she always felt in Louise’s presence
    For some unaccountable reason, he arrived a day early.
2. not having to explain your actions or decisions to anyone else
   OPP  accountable
    unaccountable to
    Doctors still remain largely unaccountable to the public.


un·account·ableBrE /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) impossible to understand or explain 无法理解的;难以解释的 SYN inexplicable For some unaccountable reason, the letter never arrived. 不知何故,那封信始终未寄到。🔊🔊~ (to sb/sth) not having to explain or give reasons for your actions to anyone 无须解释(或说明)的;不负责的Too many government departments are unaccountable to the general public. 有太多的政府部门不对社会大众负责。🔊🔊 OPP accountable