blame /bleɪm/ CET4 TEM4 ( blaming, blamed, blames )

• 1. 

  V-T If you blame a person or thing for something bad, or if you blame something bad on somebody, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it. 指责; 把…归咎于

  例：

  The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities.

  该委员会预计会将大量暴行归咎于军队。

  例：

  Ms. Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI's punishing work schedule.

  凯丽女士看来是将自己的崩溃归咎于百代公司紧张的工作安排。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Blame is also a noun. 责备

  例：

  Nothing could relieve my terrible sense of blame.

  没什么能把我从极度自责中解脱出来。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT The blame for something bad that has happened is the responsibility for causing it or letting it happen. (事故、过失等的) 责任

  例：

  I'm not going to sit around and take the blame for a mistake he made.

  我不会闲坐着，为他犯的错误承担责任。

• 4. 

  V-T If you say that you do not blame someone for doing something, you mean that you consider it was a reasonable thing to do in the circumstances. 责怪 [usu with brd-neg]

  例：

  I do not blame them for trying to make some money.

  我不怪他们想要挣些钱。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they are responsible for causing it. 该受责备

  例：

  If their forces were not involved, then who is to blame?

  如果他们的军队没有参与，那么谁应该受到指责呢？

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone has only themselves to blame or has no one but themselves to blame, you mean that they are responsible for something bad that has happened to them and that you have no sympathy for them. 只能责怪自己

  例：

  My life is ruined and I suppose I only have myself to blame.

  我的一生都毁了，我想这只能怪我自己。