liable

responsable

Qui doit légalement répondre de quelque chose, notamment payer des dommages ou une dette.

En anglais simple : Legally responsible for something, especially paying for damage or a debt.

• You are liable for the debt.
• The driver was held liable for the damage.
• Who is legally liable if a customer gets hurt?

Comment l'utiliser : be liable for something (The company is liable for the damage.); hold someone liable for something (The court held him liable for the repair costs.)

Synonymes : responsible, accountable

Expressions courantes : liable for something, legally liable

susceptible, enclin

Qui risque de faire quelque chose ou d’agir d’une certaine façon, souvent désagréable.

En anglais simple : Likely to do something or behave in a particular way, often an unpleasant one.

• She is liable to forget your name.
• He was liable to start an argument after drinking.
• Children are liable to ask awkward questions.

Comment l'utiliser : be liable to do something (He is liable to lose his temper when tired.)

Synonymes : likely, apt, prone

Expressions courantes : liable to forget, liable to do something

passible, assujetti

À qui une peine ou un autre traitement défavorable peut être légalement appliqué.

En anglais simple : In a position where a punishment or other unpleasant treatment can legally be applied.

• Offenders are liable to imprisonment.
• The company may be liable to prosecution.
• Is this income liable to tax?

Comment l'utiliser : be liable to something (Anyone breaking this rule is liable to a fine.)

Synonymes : subject

Contraires : exempt

Expressions courantes : liable to prosecution, liable to imprisonment, liable to tax

sujet, vulnérable

Qui risque de souffrir d’un problème particulier ou d’être touché par quelque chose de nuisible.

En anglais simple : Likely to suffer a particular problem or be affected by something harmful.

• These plants are liable to frost damage.
• The machine is liable to fail in extreme heat.
• Older pipes are more liable to leaks.

Comment l'utiliser : be liable to something (Low fields are liable to flooding.); be liable to do something (These batteries are liable to overheat.)

Synonymes : susceptible, prone, vulnerable

Expressions courantes : liable to damage, liable to malfunction