1. 累贅;負累;負擔 If you say that someone or something is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment.
e.g. As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability. 隨著(zhù)總統的聲望持續下跌,他們顯然開(kāi)始視他為負累。 e.g. ...what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability. 這一曾經(jīng)吸引選票的政策,如今成了政治上的負累。
2. 負債;債務(wù) A company's or organization's liabilities are the sums of money which it owes.
e.g. The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million. 這家公司資產(chǎn)為1.38億美元,負債為1.205億美元。
3. see also: liable
liability英英釋義
noun
1. the quality of being something that holds you back
2. an obligation to pay money to another party
Synonym: indebtednessfinancial obligation
3. the state of being legally obliged and responsible