be responsible for和be responsible to的区别在哪里呢？

Question

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Answer 1

  区别是：be responsible for 通常是指“对...负责任”，后加名词；
而be responsible to 通常是“对某人负责”，后加人，或是接动词，对做某事负有责任。

例句：
be responsible for
1、The sun's ultraviolet rays are responsible for both tanning and burning.
阳光中的紫外线是皮肤晒黑和灼伤的根源。
2、We are all entirely responsible for our actions, and for our reactions.
我们都对自己的行为和反应负全责。
3、The man immediately responsible for this misery is the province's governor.

对这种不幸境况负有直接责任的人是该省的省长。
4、I feel partly responsible for the problems we're in.

我觉得应为我们遭遇的问题负部分责任。

be responsible to
1、I'm responsible to my board of directors.
我对董事会负责。
2、The government will be responsible to the President alone.

政府只对总统一人负责。
3、The teachers are responsible to the school administration.
教师向学校行政负责。
4、Our duty is to hold ourselves responsible to the people.

我们的责任，是向人民负责。