1blame sb (for sth);blame sth on sb/sth to think or say that a certain person or thing is responsible for sth bad that has happened 责备(某人);归咎于(某事):
The teacher blamed me for the accident.老师为那意外事件责备我。Some people blame the changes in the climate on pollution.有些人把气候转变归咎于环境污染。
2not blame sb (for sth) to think that sb is not wrong to do sth; to understand sb's reason for doing sth 不责怪;(认为某事)无可厚非:
I don't blame you for feeling fed up.你感到厌倦,我能理解。
be to blame (for sth) to be responsible for sth bad 难辞其咎;应受谴责;应负责任:
The police say that careless driving was to blame for the accident.警方指那宗意外的起因是鲁莽驾驶。shift the blame/responsibility (for sth) (onto sb)→SHIFT¹
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/bleɪm ||; blem/noun
[U]: blame (for sth) responsibility for sth bad 对恶果应负的责任:
The government must take the blame for the economic crisis.政府必须为经济危机负责。The report put the blame on rising prices.报告把问题归咎于价格上升。Why do I always get the blame ?怎么老是把责任归到我的身上?
blame1/blem; bleIm/v [T] 1 to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad 责怪﹔归咎于: Don’t blame me – it's not my fault. 别责怪我 — 这不是我的错。blame sb/sth for sth Marie still blames herself for Patrick's death. 玛丽仍在为帕特里克的死自责。Poor weather conditions were blamed for the accident. 恶劣的天气被指是造成这场事故的原因。blame sth on sb She blamed the broken computer on me. 她把电脑坏了怪罪于我。I’m sure he was to blame for the fire. 我确信这场火他是有责任的。The increase in interest rates was widely blamed for the crisis. 普遍认为这次加息是引发这场危机的罪魁祸首。2 I don’t blame you/you can hardly blame them etcspoken used to say that you can understand why someone did something【口】我不怪你/你不能怪他们等: ‘She's left her husband.’‘I don’t blame her, after the way he treated her.’ “她离开他丈夫了。”“不能怪她﹐他那样对她。”
blame2n [U] responsibility for a mistake or something bad〔对错误或坏事应负的〕责任: +for I always get the blame for his mistakes. 他的错总是我来背黑锅。You can’t expect Terry to take all the blame . 你不能指望让特里来承担全部的责任。Sue stole it but she's trying to put the blame on me. 苏偷了它﹐却试图把责任推给我。
blameblameblamesblamedblamingverb (blames, blaming, blamed)to say that a certain person or thing made something bad happen: The other driver blamed me for the accident.▶ blamenoun (no plural): Eve took the blame for the mistake.