blame
verb
noun
bleɪm
verb
1
to
say
or
think
that
someone
or
something
is
responsible
for
something
bad
责怪，指责; 把…归咎于
Don’t
blame
me
–
it’s
not
my
fault.
别来怪我 — 又不是我的错。
I
blame
his
mother.
She
does
everything
for
him.
怪他母亲不好，她什么事都要为他做。
blame
sb/sth
for
sth
Marie
still
blames
herself
for
Patrick’s
death.
玛丽仍然为帕特里克的死自责。
The
report
blames
poor
safety
standards
for
the
accident.
报告把事故归咎于安全方面没有达标。
The
decision
to
increase
interest
rates
was
widely
blamed
(=blamed
by
many
people)
for
the
crisis.
人们普遍认为加息的决定是引发这场危机的罪魁祸首。
blame
sth
on
sb/sth
One
of
the
computers
is
broken
and
she’s
blaming
it
on
me.
其中有台计算机坏了，她就怪罪于我。
The
crash
was
blamed
on
pilot
error.
这次空难是飞行员的失误。
2
sb/sth is to blame (for sth)
used
to
say
that
someone
or
something
is
responsible
for
something
bad
某人/某事物（对某事）负有责任
Officials
believe
that
more
than
one
person
may
be
to
blame
for
the
fire.
政府官员认为，这场火灾可能不止一个人负有责任。
partly/largely/entirely
etc
to
blame
Television
is
partly
to
blame.
电视也要负一部分责任。
3
I don’t blame you/you can hardly blame him etc
used
to
say
that
you
think
it
was
right
or
reasonable
for
someone
to
do
what
they
did
[口] 我不怪你/你不能怪他等〔表示某人做某事可以理解〕
spoken
‘She’s
left
her
husband.’
‘I
don’t
blame
her,
after
the
way
he
treated
her.’
“她离开她丈夫了。”“他那样对她，也难怪她这样做。”
You
can
hardly
blame
him
for
not
waiting.
他不等是可以理解的，不能怪他。
4
don’t blame me
used
when
you
are
advising
someone
not
to
do
something
but
you
think
that
they
will
do
it
in
spite
of
your
advice
[口] 不要怪我〔用于劝阻某人而又认为某人不会听的时候〕
spoken
Buy
it
then,
but
don’t
blame
me
when
it
breaks
down.
那就买吧，可是坏了别怪我。
5
sb only has himself/herself to blame
used
to
say
that
someone’s
problems
are
their
own
fault
[口] 只能怪他自己/她自己
spoken
If
he
fails
his
exams,
he’ll
only
have
himself
to
blame.
如果他考试不及格，那只能怪他自己。
noun
6
responsibility
for
a
mistake
or
for
something
bad
〔对错误或坏事应负的〕责任;