with obj.
1- 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。
1.1
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。
mass noun
1- 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。
1.1
- 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。
短语
be to blame
- 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）
- 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
- be solely responsible for something bad that has happened（对不好的事情）负全部责任。
派生词
blameable
（〈美〉亦作blamable）adjectiveblameful
adjective词源
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）.