In Europe and Japan, universities are answerable only to a ministry of education, which sets academic standards and distributes money.

在欧洲和日本，大学只对教育部负责，教育部会设定学术标准和分配资金。

" It's a nonprofit and they should be answerable to the public, "

" 这是个非营利组织，而且他们应该对公众负责。"

Here's a problem, though. What if many of the defining questions of our age are not answerable in terms of the extent of people encompassed, but the intensity with which people are affected?

有一个问题。如果我们这个时代许多定义性问题不是根据所涉及人范围来回答，而是根据人们受到影响程度来回答，那么怎么办？

My boss made it clear that I was ultimately answerable for what my staff did, and if my attitude didn't change I'd be out of a job.

老板明确表示，我手下员工过失最后都是我过失，而且，如果我不改变态度，就会被辞退。

Sri Lanka's prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his government is working towards amending the Constitution to make the president and the cabinet answerable to Parliament.

斯里兰卡总理拉尼尔·维克勒马辛哈表示，他政府正在努力修改宪法，使总统和内阁对议会负责。

He was talking about his tax returns, and he said some of these questions are, quote, " not answerable in a positive light."

他还谈到了他纳税申报表，他说这些问题“无法正面回答”。

God, if he believed in Him, his conscience if he had one-these were the only judges to whom he was answerable.

如果他相信上帝，如果他还有良心，那么只有上帝。只有良心，是他可以依据唯一公断人了。

I do not believe Thorin Oakenshield feels that he is answerable to anyone. -Nor, for that matter, am I.

我认为索林·橡木盾觉得他不需向任何人解释。－我也不觉得。