Liability

(noun.) the quality of being something that holds you back.

(noun.) the state of being legally obliged and responsible.

编辑:鲁弗斯

• Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• She was getting away from Tipton and Freshitt, and her own sad liability to tread in the wrong places on her way to the New Jerusalem. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Get him to admit the bank's liability, and then say to him that Mr. Edison does not think the bank should suffer because he happened to have a dishonest clerk in his employ. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Possibly I am the only one who thought of the liability of such a state of things in advance. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But after the death of Alexander III, in 1181, the peculiar weakness of the papacy, its liability to fall to old and enfeebled men, became manifest. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The typewriter saves time, labor, postage and paper; it reduces the liability to mistakes, brings system into official correspondence, and delights the heart of the printer. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This was done; the bank admitting its liability and being much pleased with this action. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This does away with the necessity of carrying the ladle of iron a long distance, thus saving much time and lessening the liability to accidents. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

编辑:帕梅拉