blame

blame
verb
  1. [with obj.]assign responsibility for a fault or wrong to (someone or something)
    认为…应该负责，归咎于，责怪
    the inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident.
    调查组指出火车司机应对事故负责。
    ■(blame something on)assign the responsibility for something bad to (someone or something)
    把…归咎于
    they blame youth crime on unemployment.
    他们把青年犯罪归咎于失业。
noun
  1. [mass noun]responsibility for a fault or wrong
    过错，罪责
    his players had to take the blame for the defeat.
    他的选手不得不对失利负责。
    they are trying to put the blame on us.
    他们企图把罪责推到我们身上。
    ■an action of assigning responsibility for a fault
    责备，归咎
    he singled out food additives for blame.
    他挑出食品添加剂加以指责。
常用词组
be to blame
  1. be responsible for a fault or wrong
    对（过错，罪行）负责
    he was to blame for their deaths.
    他应对他们的死亡负责。
I don't (或 can't) blame you (或 her 等)
  1. used to indicate that one agrees that the action or attitude taken was reasonable
    我不会责怪你（或她等），我表示理解
    he was becoming impatient and I couldn't blame him.
    他开始不耐烦，我不怪他。
have only oneself to blame
  1. be solely responsible for something bad that has happened
    （对不好的事情）负全部责任
派生
blameable
adjective
  1. (美 亦作 blamable)
blameful
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English : from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare 'reproach, revile, blaspheme', from Greek blasphēmein (see blaspheme)
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