blame1 /bleɪm/ ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitiveT] 1 BLAMEto 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 somebody/something for something Marie still blames herself for Patrick’s death. 玛丽仍在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 something on somebody/something One of the computers is broken and she’s blaming it on me. 其中有台电脑坏了,她就怪罪于我。
The crash was blamed on pilot error. 这次空难被认为是飞行员失误造成的。
2 somebody/something is to blame (for something) 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. 电视也要负部分责任。
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say something is someone's fault, rather than saying they are to blame: 在日常英语中,人们一般说something is someone’s fault,而不说someone is to blame
He was to blame for the accident. → The accident was his fault. 这起事故是他的错。 3 I don’t blame you/you can hardly blame him etc spokenCRITICIZE# used to say that you think it was right or reasonable for someone to do what they did 我不怪你/你不能怪他等〔表示某人做某事可以理解〕 ‘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. 你不能怪他不等你。
4 don’t blame me spokenNOT DO something used when you are advising someone not to do something but you think that they will do it in spite of your advice 不要怪我〔用于劝阻某人而又认为某人不会听的时候〕 Buy it then, but don’t blame me when it breaks down. 那就买吧,可是坏了别怪我。
don’t blame me• Go ahead, but don't blame me if it doesn't work.
5 somebody only has himself/herself to blame spokenFAULT/BE somebody'S FAULT used to say that someone’s problems are their own fault 只能怪他/她自己 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。
THESAURUSblame verb [transitiveT] to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad that has happened 责怪,指责;把…归咎于Democrats have blamed Republicans for the failure to reach an agreement. 民主党认为未能达成协议罪在共和党。
nPolice blamed bad weather for a series of accidents on the roads.
For many years I blamed myself for her death. 我为她的死自责了许多年。
nThey blamed the failure of the business on the economic downturn.
put/place/lay the blame on somebody/something to say who or what you think is responsible for something bad that has happened, often unfairly or wrongly 把责任推给某人/某事物Don’t try to put the blame on me! 休想把责任推到我头上!
nSubsequent investigations placed the blame squarely on city officials.
Farmers have laid the blame for their problems entirely on EU policies. 农民把自己的问题全部怪罪于欧盟的政策。
say it’s somebody’s fault especially spoken to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened 说是某人的错Are you saying it’s my fault that we lost the game? 你是说比赛输了该怪我吗?
hold somebody responsible to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened, because it was their duty to prevent it from happening 认为某人负有责任He was held personally responsible for the failure of the project. 这个项目失败,他要个人承担责任。
ntake the rap informal (also carry the can British EnglishBrE informal) to be blamed and punished for something that you did not do, or that someone else is also responsible forHe expects his wife to take the rap for him.
Alan’s colleagues decided to let him carry the can.