blame
verbVerb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they blame | |
he / she / it blames | |
past simple blamed | |
past participle blamed | |
-ing form blaming |
to think or say that somebody/something is responsible for something bad 把…归咎于;责怪;指责 - blame somebody/something for something
She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death. 她没把她父亲的死归罪于任何人。 A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire. 一根乱扔的烟被认为是这场火灾的肇因。 Why is he blaming others for his problems? 为什么他把自己的问题归咎于别人? - blame somebody/something
It's easy to blame the media at times like this. 在这种时候很容易责怪媒体。 - blame something on somebody/something
Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving. 警方把事故原因归咎于危险驾驶。 The violence was blamed in part on militants. 暴力事件部分归咎于激进分子。
Extra ExamplesBlaming the victim is characteristic of any prejudice. 责备受害者是任何偏见的特征。 He is widely blamed for masterminding the attacks. 他因为策划了这一系列攻击而受到广泛谴责。 I don't blame Jack for the mistake. 对于这个过错,我不责怪杰克。 The government has been widely blamed for the crisis. 政府因这次危机受到广泛指责。 You can hardly blame Peter for being angry with her. 彼得生她的气有原因,你责怪他说不大过去。 You can't really blame them for not telling you. 你不能真正责怪他们没有告诉你。 She blamed the government for failing to respond to the crisis. 她指责政府未能对此次危机作出反应。 Whenever something goes wrong, everyone blames it on me. 一出什么错儿,所有人都把责任归咎于我。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- unfairly
- unjustly
- partly
- …
- can’t
- don’t
- can hardly
- …
- for
- on
- be to blame (for something)
- be widely blamed for something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’.- blame somebody/something for something
Idioms
be to blame (for something)
don’t blame me
- (informal)
used to advise somebody not to do something, when you think they will do it despite your advice Topics Suggestions and advicec2(劝阻别人时说)别怪我
I don’t blame you/her, etc. (for doing something)
only have yourself to blame | have nobody/no one to blame but yourself