| 释义 |
blame /bleɪm/ vt. | n. | a.& ad. | phr.
I vt.
1. 指摘，责备；责怪
blame a literary work 指摘一部文学作品
Public opinion blames Mrs. Smith for leading the girl astray. 舆论责怪史密斯夫人把那位姑娘引入歧途。
2. 归咎于；把…归咎(于) (on,onto)
They blamed an electric short circuit for the fire yesterday. 他们把昨天的火灾归咎于电流短路。
Historians have all blamed the failure on (或 onto) the Queen. 历史学家们都把这次失败归咎于女王。
3. 〈美俚〉〈美方〉诅咒 (damn 的委婉语)
Blame me (或 I'm blamed) if I go. 要是我去我就该死。
II n.
1. 指摘，责备
incur the blame for sth. 因某事受到指摘
2. (过错、事故等的)责任
accept the blame for an auto accident 承担车祸的责任
We were ready to take (或 bear) the blame for what had happened. 我们准备对发生的事情承担责任。
Everyone threw (或 put, laid, placed) the blame on me. 大家都归罪于我。
3. 该受责备，有过错；〈古〉过错，罪过
acknowledge the world as a world of common blame 承认这个世界是人人该受责备的世界
III a.& ad.
= blamed
[< OFr blasmer to speak evil of < LL blasphēmāre to blaspheme] phr. A bad workman always blames his tools. 见 workman
and small blame to him 而这也不能多怪他
to blame 该受责备的；应承担责任的；(是) 某种不良后果的原因
He is to blame for it. 这事应责怪他。
He had only himself to blame. 他只能责怪自己。
I hold myself to blame. 我认为自己应承担责任。
The weather was partly to blame for crop failure. 天气不好是庄稼歉收的部分原因。 |