The engineer was deemed culpable for the bridge's structural failure because she had ignored critical safety reports.
该工程师因忽视关键安全报告而被认为对桥梁结构失效负有责任。
Which choice best defines “culpable”?
C — Deserving blame; guilty.. “culpable” means Deserving blame; guilty..
Which word means “Deserving blame; guilty.”?
A — culpable. “culpable” means Deserving blame; guilty..
culpable — Deserving blame; guilty.. In Chinese: 该受责备的；有罪的.
culpable is pronounced //ˈkʌlpəbl//.
The engineer was deemed culpable for the bridge's structural failure because she had ignored critical safety reports. (该工程师因忽视关键安全报告而被认为对桥梁结构失效负有责任。)
blameworthy, guilty, responsible — all close in meaning to culpable (Deserving blame; guilty.).
innocent, blameless — each the opposite of culpable (Deserving blame; guilty.).
Yes. culpable is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
culp(罪) + able → 可归罪的。