liability

noun

1. the quality of being something that holds you back

2. an obligation to pay money to another party

Synonym: indebtednessfinancial obligation

3. the state of being legally obliged and responsible

1. 累赘；负累；负担
If you say that someone or something is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment.

e.g. As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
随着总统的声望持续下跌，他们显然开始视他为负累。
e.g. ...what was once a vote catching policy, is now a political liability.
这一曾经吸引选票的政策，如今成了政治上的负累。

2. 负债；债务
A company's or organization's liabilities are the sums of money which it owes.

e.g. The company had assets of $138 million and liabilities of $120.5 million.
这家公司资产为1.38亿美元，负债为1.205亿美元。

3. see also: liable

1. liability的反义词

1. 负债：经济的规模远大过政府的财富. 银行的运作模式 就是以自身信誉为担保,通过存款、贷款的时间差、风 险差来赚钱. 杠杆借贷是银行业务的核心,其实没有一 个政府真正有实力在本国银行倒闭时,100%赔偿银行负 债(liability)的.