culpable /'kAlpabl; 'klpsdl/ adj (legal) blameworthy; deserving punishment: (法律) 該受責(zé)備的; 應(yīng)受懲罰的： hold a person ~, 認(rèn)為某人該受責(zé)備; dismissed for ~ negligence, wrongly neglecting to do sth. 因重大疏忽而被開(kāi)革。 culpably /'kAlpabli; 'kAlpsbli/ adv culpability /.ktps'dilsti; zkAlpa-'dilsti/ n