(1)负责，责任(being responsible or having important duties for which a person is responsible)[U][N(for)]：have/show a sense of～有/显示出责任感;assume/bear/take/accept all (major/the whole)～for everything (the mistake) 对每件事(错误)负/承担/承担/负所有(主要/全部)责任;a position (post) of great/real/public～一个负有重大/实际/社会责任的职位(工作);avoid/dodge/escape～回避/逃避/逃避责任;〖同〗liability;

(2)任务，职责(duty or obligation;sth that one has to look after)[C][N(to)]：take one's～ies seriously认真履行职责;divide～ies 分配任务;have family～ies 有家庭负担;executive/legal/social～ies 行政/法律/社会职责;duties and～ies of office公职的任务与职责;the～ies of citizenship 公民的责任;a joint/shared～共同责任(制);The manager has a～to the Board of Directors. 经理要对董事会负责。His～is to see that his passengers are safe.他的职责是确保乘客的安全。It is your～to clean the classroom. 你负责打扫教室。〖同〗duty，task;

on one's own responsibility 自作主张，自行负责的：The teacher gave her pupils a week's holiday on her own～. 那位老师自作主张给学生们放了一个星期的假。

← re′sponsible adj