blame

• vt. 責備；歸咎於
• n. 責備；責任；過失

來自 blasphemy的縮寫。

blame

blame: [12] Blame and blaspheme are ultimately the same word. Both come from Greek blasphēmein ‘say profane things about’, but whereas blaspheme has stuck to the path of ‘profanity’, blame has developed the more down-to-earth sense ‘reproach, censure’. The radical change of form seems to have come via blastēmāre, a demotic offshoot of late Latin blasphēmāre, which passed into Old French as blasmer, later blamer (whence English blame).
=> blaspheme

blame (v.)

c. 1200, "find fault with;" c. 1300, "lay blame on," from Old French blasmer (12c., Modern French blâmer) "to rebuke, reprimand, condemn, criticize," from Vulgar Latin *blastemare, from Late Latin blasphemare "revile, reproach" (see blaspheme). Replaced Old English witan with long "i." Related: Blamed; blaming.

blame (n.)

early 13c., from Old French blasme "blame, reproach; condemnation," a back-formation from blasmer (see blame (v.)).

1. The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him.

查爾斯頓慘敗錯不在他。

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2. She seemed to be placing most of the blame on her mother.

她好像把大部分責任都推到了母親身上。

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3. If their forces were not involved, then who is to blame?

如果他們的部隊沒有介入，那麽誰應該承擔責任？

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4. Talk things through in stages. Do not accuse or apportion blame.

把事情按部就班地講清楚。不要責難或歸罪於人。

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5. It is the easy way out to blame others for our failure.

把我們的失敗歸罪到別人頭上倒是省事。

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