be liable for

常見例句

You are liable for all damage.
你應(yīng)負賠償一切損壞的責任。
To take one example, spouses are liable for each other's debts.
舉個例子，夫妻對彼此的債務(wù)負有責任。
But UK residents who are not domiciled in the UK – usually because their fathers were not British – are liable for tax on their overseas income and gains only if they are brought into the UK.
但對于不在英國定居的英國居民——通常是因為他們的父輩不是英國人，他們的海外收入和資本利得只有在帶回英國的情況下才需要交稅。

If you take part in a partnership you are individually liable for the debts of the corporation.
如果你加入了合伙制企業(yè),個人需要為企業(yè)的債務(wù)承擔責任
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A corporation is an entity that could be sued or could lose more money than it's worth, but the value of a corporation can never fall below zero to the investors because the investors are not liable for the mistakes of the corporation.
公司是一個實體,它可能被起訴,或者虧損額超過了自身的價值,但是對于投資者而言,公司的價值永遠不會小于零,因為投資者對公司的過失,不負有責任
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