culpable meaning in English
adj.
该责备的,应受罚的;有罪的,有过失的。 culpable negligence 应受惩罚的疏忽[失职]。 hold (sb.) culpable 认为(某人)有罪[应受惩罚,谴责]。
Examples
- The man who killed children is culpable .
杀害小孩的人应该受谴责。 - They held him culpable for the offence .
他们认为他有罪应受惩罚。 - Brooke was really culpable .
布鲁克实在是罪魁祸首。 - If we had gone about trying to get that prize, we would have been culpable .
如果我们不尽力去实现这个目标,我们就会受到惩罚。 - At first, he could not get rid of a culpable sense of licence on his part .
刚开始,就他这方面来讲,他对自己的放纵抱有一种难以摆脱的负疚感。