| 词组 | blame |
| 释义 | verb | noun blame1 /bleɪm/ verb [T] to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something badprepositionsblame sb for sth Marie still blames herself for Patrick’s death.blame sth on sb Don’t try to blame everything on me.adverbsalways blame sb/sth You can’t always blame other people for what happens.unfairly blame sb I felt that I was being unfairly blamed for their problems.be widely blamed (=by many people) The authorities have been widely blamed for making the situation worse.phrasesbe the one to blame (=be the person who should be blamed) I’m the only one to blame for what has happened. be partly to blame Some people think that television is partly to blame for the increase in violence among young people.have no one to blame but yourself He should have checked that there was enough fuel in the car, so he has no one to blame but himself.THESAURUS: blame put/place/lay the blame on sb/sth to say who or what you think is responsible for something bad that has happened: The other driver tried to put the blame on me and said that I should have seen him. | Subsequent investigations placed the blame squarely on city officials (=very definitely). | Farmers have laid the blame for their problems entirely on EU policies. say it’s sb’s fault especially spoken to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened: Are you saying it’s my fault that we lost the game? hold sb responsible to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened, because it was their duty to prevent it from happening: He was held personally responsible for the failure of the project. take the rap informal also carry the can BrE informal to be blamed and punished for something that you did not do, or that someone else is also responsible for: He expects his wife to take the rap for him. | Alan’s colleagues decided to let him carry the can. verb | noun blame2 /bleɪm/ noun responsibility for a mistake or for something badverbsget the blame (=be blamed) I always get the blame for his mistakes! | Sam knew that if something went wrong, he’d get the blame.take/accept the blame also shoulder the blame formal (=say that something is your fault) No one was prepared to take the blame for the disaster. | Do you accept any blame for what happened? | Parents must shoulder the blame if their kids behave badly.put/pin the blame on sb also lay/place the blame on sb formal (=blame someone, especially when it is not their fault) Don’t try to put the blame on me. | Everyone laid the blame for the crisis on the government.shift the blame (onto sb) (=blame someone for something you did) She always tried to shift the blame onto her brother.apportion/assign blame formal (=find someone to blame for something) He seemed to want to apportion blame for her death.share the blame He admitted he shared the blame for their World Cup defeat.absolve sb from blame formal (=say that something is not their fault) He was absolved of all blame.the blame lies with sb (=used to say that someone is responsible for something bad) In this case, the blame lay with the police.prepositionsthe blame for sth Much of the blame for the current crisis lies with the government.phrasesaccept your share of the blame The media must accept its share of the blame for this problem.point the finger of blame at sb (=say that someone is responsible for something bad) I couldn’t believe it when they started pointing the finger of blame at me.place the blame squarely/firmly on sb (=blame someone in a very definite way) The investigation placed the blame squarely on the mayor. |
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