adj. 有责任的;有解释义务的;可解释的

英文词源
accountable (adj.)
"answerable," literally "liable to be called to account," c. 1400 (mid-14c. in Anglo-French); see account (v.) + -able. Related: Accountably.
双语例句
1. Public officials can finally be held accountable for their actions.
终于要对政府官员实行问责了。
2. The major service industries should be accountable to their customers.
主要的服务行业应该对它们的顾客负责。
3. Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
从政者最终是向选民负责。
4. If anything happens to this car, I will hold you accountable.
这辆车如果出什么问题, 我就惟你是问.
5. I am accountable to my superiors for my actions.
我应该为自己的行为对上司负责.