His behaviour throughout this affair has been beyond reproach.
在这一事件中,他的行为自始至终都无可非议。
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above/beyond reproach• His boxing skills are beyond reproach.• But Jones' track record had always been above reproach.• Vernon's work in the community has been beyond reproach.• He talked of her as a goddessbeyond reproach who was being restrained against her will.• Noah himself is beyond reproach, it is true.• The AlumniClub typically enjoys a reputationbeyond reproach.• Like Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton is a strong individual whose public decorum is usually above reproach.• The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deservingcharities every year.• He had a steelystreak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach.
4a reproach to somebody/something formalASHAMEDsomething that should make a person, society etc feel bad or ashamed 某人/某事物的耻辱
These derelict houses are a reproach to the city.
这些破旧房屋的存在是这个城市的耻辱。
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a reproach to somebody/something• The sight of his face alone must be a reproach to her already tormentedconscience.• Fires are bright, each one a reproach to the night.• The whitestubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie.
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reproach• The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie.• The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deservingcharities every year.• Noah himself is beyondreproach, it is true.• The AlumniClub typically enjoys a reputation beyond reproach.• He had a steelystreak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach.• I have said that Reagan was rarely moved to anger or reproach.• Fernandez argued the reproaches were harsh and unfair.• He was innocent and wished to purge himself of the reproach.• Nor was Bayezid alone held up to reproach.
reproach2 verb [transitiveT]
1formalBLAME to blame or criticize someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done 谴责,指责;批评
reproach somebody for/with something
He publicly reproached his son for his behavior.
他公开谴责他儿子的行为。
2reproach yourselfGUILTY/FEEL GUILTYto feel guilty about something that you think you are responsible for 自责
reproach yourself for/with
You’ve got nothing to reproach yourself for – it was his own decision.
你没有什么可自责的,那是他自己的决定。
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reproach yourself• Oh, vanity, vanity! she thought, reproaching herself.• The rest of us were left to reproach ourselves for what had happened.• They chivvy and reproach each other as we eat.• He marked this trespass into the privateclubhouse of cynicism and reproached himself for it.• He reproached himself for not having called police sooner.• He reproached himself for not having thought of something before.• And then, again, she reproached herself for unfairness.• I have no doubt Margaret reproached herself, - perhaps still does.• There's no point in reproaching yourself - there's nothing you could have done.• You and Fred have nothing to reproach yourselves with.
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reproach• They chivvy and reproach each other as we eat.• They did not tell her this, but they reproached her for hiding her terrible state from them, her own sisters.• Emma Quashie reproached him from back in the doorway where she had gone, too lazy to chase the boy.• Huy entered his house, and its drabness both depressed and reproached him.• Zampano and Gelsomina are not exceptions, as people reproach me for creating.• You and Fred have nothing to reproach yourselves with.
Originreproach1
(1400-1500)Old Frenchreproche, from reprochier“to reproach”, from Vulgar Latinrepropiare, from Latinprope“near”