answerable

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1 be answerable to somebody (for something) RESPONSIBLEto have to explain your actions to someone in authority 向某人（对某事）负责

The agency is answerable to the governor.

该机构向州长负责。

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be answerable to somebody (for something)• After all, constitutionally, ministers are answerable to Parliament for the conduct of their Departments.• Being sole traders, they are answerable to no one else within the business.• But the Home Secretary has a wider view, and he is answerable to Parliament and public opinion.• He accepted that emperorship was responsible and that he was answerable to a higher power.• He is answerable to Parliament, and to Parliament alone.• Local inspectors of schools will be answerable to the Inspectorate, which will also have a new role as Education Ombudsman.• Rulers and ruled alike are answerable to him.

2. ANSWER/RESULTa question that is answerable can be answered 〔问题〕可答复的，可回答的

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answerable• The questions should be specific enough that they can be answerable in specific terms.• Being sole traders, they are answerable to no one else within the business.• The Secretary of State remains answerable to Parliament and the everyday pressures of political life, concerned with services rather than management prerogatives.• Though Celera's researchers are scientists of integrity, they are ultimately answerable to their shareholders.

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