onus是什么意思？

onus

英[ˈəʊnəs] 美[ˈoʊnəs]

• n. <正>责任，义务，负担，重担；

复数：onuses;

例句

• The onus is on government departments to show cause why information cannot be disclosed. 政府部门有责任说明不能把信息公开的理由。
• The onus is on the shopkeeper to provide goods which live up to the quality of their description. 店主有义务提供质量与其描述相符的商品。
• The onus is on employers to follow health and safety laws. 雇主有义务遵行健康安全法。
• The onus of proof is reversed in libel actions and placed firmly on the defender. 在诽谤诉讼中，举证责任反过来由辩方全权承担。
• The onus is on the shopkeeper to provide goods which live up to the quality of their description... 店主有义务提供质量与其描述相符的商品。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  义务；责任;职责
  If you say that the onus is on someone to do something, you mean it is their duty or responsibility to do it.
  例句
  The onus is on the shopkeeper to provide goods which live up to the quality of their description... 店主有义务提供质量与其描述相符的商品。 The onus of proof is reversed in libel actions and placed firmly on the defender. 在诽谤诉讼中，举证责任反过来由辩方全权承担。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  <正>责任,义务
  The onus is on government departments to show cause why information cannot be disclosed. 政府部门有责任说明不能把信息公开的理由。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an onerous or difficult concern;
  "the burden of responsibility""that's a load off my mind"