responsible: implies the holding of a specific or formal office, duty, or trust: the bureau ~ for tax collection.


answerable: suggests a relationship between one having a moral or legal obligation and an authority charged with oversight of its observance: a fact-finding committee ~ only to the President.   (注意遵守是observance不是observation观察)


accountable: suggests the imminence of retribution for unfulfilled trust or violated obligation: in a democracy the politicians are ~ to voters.


amenable: stresses the fact of subjection to review, censure, or control by a designated authority and a limitation of power: laws are ~ to judicial review.     法律要接受司法审核


liable: implies an obligation under the law to answer in case of default: will not be ~ for his ex-wife's debt; or may suggest merely a contingent obligation: all citizens ~ for jury duty.      (contingent可能但不确定)


responsible负责: 指持有正式明确的职位职责委托，answerable负责: 负有法律道德义务的人和监督者的关系，accountable负责问责: 强调如果违反委托义务，会被立刻惩罚，amenable接受的: 强调接受审查评判控制(subjection to...)，效力有限，liable有责任: 法律规定的缺席义务；或只是可能的义务


记忆方法: 1) 首字母RAAAL中AAA想成三座山，LR想成left-right左右<==保护责任

          2) 负责的意思是须要被问责mean subject to an authority that may hold one to account.首字母RAAAL中AAA想成三座山，LR想成left-right左右<==保护责任     (account多义词，这里表示问责报告)