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1 responsibility
(a) (control, authority) responsabilité f;∎ responsibility for the campaign has been transferred to her c'est à elle qu'incombe désormais la responsabilité de la campagne;∎ to have responsibility for sth avoir la charge ou la responsabilité de qch;∎ a position of great responsibility un poste à haute responsabilité;∎ how much responsibility for the operation did the president really have? jusqu'à quel point le président était-il responsable de l'opération?;∎ can he handle all that responsibility? est-il capable d'assumer toutes ces responsabilités?;∎ he authorized it on his own responsibility il l'a autorisé de son propre chef, il a pris sur lui de l'autoriser(b) (accountability) responsabilité f;∎ he has no sense of responsibility il n'a aucun sens des responsabilités;∎ to accept or to assume responsibility for one's mistakes assumer la responsabilité de ses erreurs;∎ I take full responsibility for the defeat je prends (sur moi) l'entière responsabilité de la défaite;∎ we accept no responsibility for lost or stolen items (sign) nous déclinons toute responsabilité pour les objets perdus ou volés;∎ no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack personne n'a encore revendiqué l'attaque(c) (task, duty) responsabilité f;∎ responsibilities include product development vous assurerez entre autres le développement des nouveaux produits;∎ answering the phone is your responsibility, not mine c'est à toi de répondre au téléphone, pas à moi;∎ it's his responsibility! c'est son affaire!;∎ to have a responsibility to sb avoir une responsabilité envers qn;∎ they have a responsibility to the shareholders/the electors ils ont une responsabilité envers les actionnaires/les électeurs;∎ to shirk one's responsibilities fuir ses responsabilités;∎ children are a big responsibility c'est une lourde responsabilité que d'avoir des enfants►► Accountancy responsibility accounting comptabilité f par centres de responsabilitéUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > responsibility
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2 shirk
shirk [∫ɜ:k][+ work] s'arranger pour ne pas faire ; [+ obligation] se dérober à* * *[ʃɜːk] 1.transitive verb esquiver [task, duty]; fuir [responsibility]; éluder [problem]2.intransitive verb se défiler -
3 shirk
A vtr esquiver [task, duty] ; fuir [responsibility] ; éluder [problem] ; to shirk doing sth éviter de faire qch.B vi se défiler. -
4 shirk
[ʃə:k](to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to): She shirked telling him the bad news that night.) se dérober à- shirker -
5 to shirk a responsibility
esquiver une responsabilité; se dérober; fam. se défilerEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to shirk a responsibility
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responsibility — n. accountability obligation 1) to accept, assume, shoulder, take, take on (a) responsibility 2) to bear, exercise; share (the) responsibility 3) to dodge, evade, shirk responsibility 4) an awesome; clear; grave, great, heavy, terrible (colloq.)… … Combinatory dictionary
shirk — [ ʃɜrk ] verb intransitive or transitive to avoid doing something difficult or avoid accepting responsibility for something: A good manager should never shirk difficult decisions. ╾ shirk|er noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shirk — ► VERB ▪ avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility). DERIVATIVES shirker noun. ORIGIN from obsolete shirk «sponger», perhaps from German Schurke scoundrel … English terms dictionary
shirk — [v] avoid, get out of responsibility bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick*, lie down on job*, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, quit, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip,… … New thesaurus
shirk — [[t]ʃɜ͟ː(r)k[/t]] shirks, shirking, shirked VERB: usu with neg If someone does not shirk their responsibility or duty, they do what they have a responsibility to do. [V n] We in the Congress have our role to play, and we can t shirk our… … English dictionary
shirk — /sherrk/, v.t. 1. to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.). v.i. 2. to evade work, duty, etc. n. 3. a shirker. [1625 35; obscurely akin to SHARK2] Syn. 1. shun, avoid, dodge. * * * In Islam, idolatry and polytheism, both of which are regarded… … Universalium
responsibility — noun 1 being responsible ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, full, total ▪ awesome, big, enormous, grave, great, heavy … Collocations dictionary
responsibility */*/*/ — UK [rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlətɪ] / US [rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətɪ] noun Word forms responsibility : singular responsibility plural responsibilities Get it right: responsibility: Notice the spelling of responsibility, which is spelled with an i , not an a : Wrong:… … English dictionary
shirk — UK [ʃɜː(r)k] / US [ʃɜrk] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms shirk : present tense I/you/we/they shirk he/she/it shirks present participle shirking past tense shirked past participle shirked to avoid doing something difficult, or to avoid… … English dictionary
shirk — 1. verb To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. If you have a job, dont shirk from it and not show up at work. Syn: blow off, goldbrick 2 … Wiktionary
shirk — verb Shirk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑duty, ↑responsibility … Collocations dictionary