liable

英 ['la??b(?)l] 美['la??bl]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

liable 有責任的

來自拉丁語ligare,綁定，連結，詞源同ligament,oblige.

liable: liable: [15] Today’s main meaning of liable, ‘likely to’, is a comparatively recent development. Its primary sense is ‘legally bound or obliged’ (as in ‘liable for someone else’s debts’), which goes right back to the word’s ultimate source, Latin ligāre ‘tie’. Its Old French descendant lier is assumed to have give rise to an Anglo-Norman derivative *liable, literally ‘bindable’, which English took over.

Other English words that come ultimately from ligāre include ally, liaison [17], lien [16] (etymologically a ‘bond’), ligament [14], ligature [14], oblige, religion, and rely.
=> ally, liaison, lien, ligament, ligature, oblige, religion, rely
liable (adj.): mid-15c., "bound or obliged by law," probably from Anglo-French *liable, from Old French lier "to bind, tie up, fasten, tether; bind by obligation," from Latin ligare "to bind, to tie" (see ligament). With -able. General sense of "exposed to" (something undesirable) is from 1590s. Incorrect use for "likely" is attested by 1886.

2. Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes.: 教學實踐中經常會出現突然的變化與改革。

3. Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer.: 這樣的人很容易被人抨擊為褻瀆神明。

5. You know you are liable to be cross-examined mercilessly about the assault.: 你要清楚他們可能會就這起人身侵犯案毫不留情地盤問你。