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  • Conjugation : past  blamed ; ing  blaming
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

blame [bleɪm]
  1. 1. noun [u] (for mistake,crime) 责备
  2. 2. vt. to blame sb for sth 为某事责备某人
    to take the blame (for sth)
    (对某事)负责
    to be to blame (for sth)
    该(为某事)负责任
    to blame sth on sb
    把某事归咎某人
    you can't blame him for trying
    不能怪他去尝试
    who's to blame?
    谁的责任
    I'm not to blame
    责任不在

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

blame [bleɪm]
  1. 1. vt. 指责责备批评
    The manager blame him for his mistake.
    经理责备他犯的错误
  2. 2. vt. 挑剔,挑毛病,找碴儿
  3. 3. vt. 让……负责任,把责任归咎于
    The airline blamed the maintenance people for the crash.
    航空公司坠机事故归咎于维修人员
    My step mom always blamed me for everything wrong in her life.
    我的继母总是把她生活中的错误归咎于我。
    Every man needs a wife because things sometimes go wrong that you can't blame on the government!
    每个男人需要一个妻子因为一些事情有时候出错,而你不能责任推给政府
    We blamed the accident on her.
    我们把这起事故归咎于她。
  4. 4. n.[u] 指责责备批评
    In my opinion, no blame can be attached to the pursuer for the accident.
    照我看来那个肇事者不应受到责备
    The police laid the blame on the driver.
    警察认为责任在于司机
  5. 5. n.[u] 责备指责
    To his great credit, he took some of the blame.
    值得称赞的是,他把一些责任揽到了自己身上
    He took the blame for it.
    因之受到责备
  6. 6. adjective 该死的讨厌的,可恶

Collins English-English Dictionary

blame [bleɪm]
  1. 1. n responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability
  2. 2. n an expression of condemnation; reproof
  3. 3. vt. [tr] [usually foll by for] to attribute responsibility to; accuse
    I blame him for the failure
  4. 4. vt. [usually foll by on] to ascribe responsibility for (something) to
    I blame the failure on him
  5. 5. vt. to find fault with
  6. 6. vt. [Etymology] C12: from Old French blasmer, ultimately from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme

Examples

to bear the brunt of the blame
负主要责任
to put the blame on his partner
把责任推给他的同伙
to shift the blame on to someone else
诿过他人
to lay the blame on someone
责怪某人;将罪责归咎于某人
It's absolutely against my principles to blame people or make them feel guilty without any reason.
无缘无故责备别人或者让别人有罪恶感,是完全违背我的原则的。
Don't blame your parents for all the wrong that you have done.
明明所有的错都是你犯的,怎么能怪你父母?

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