Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - blame
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Blame
blame
~1 v 1 to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad (It's not fair to blame me - it's not my fault we lost. | blame sb/sth for) (Mom blamed herself for Danny's problems. | The report blames poor safety standards for the accident. | blame sth on) (Don't go trying to blame it on me! | be to blame (=be responsible for something bad)) (You're not to blame for what happened.) 2 don't blame me spoken used when you are advising someone not to do something (Buy it then, but don't blame me when it breaks down.) 3 I don't blame you/them etc spoken used to say that you think it was right or reasonable for someone to do what they did ("She's left her husband." "I don't blame her, after the way he treated her.") 4 only have yourself to blame spoken used to say that someone's problems are their own fault (If he fails his exams, he'll only have himself to blame.) 5 to criticize someone or something (blame sb/sth for) (The documentary was blamed for its one-sided presentation of the strike.) ~2 n responsibilty for a mistake or for something bad + for (The government cannot escape blame for the state of the economy.) get the blame (=be blamed) (I always get the blame for his mistakes! | take the blame (=say that something is your fault)) (You can't expect Terry to take all the blame. | put/lay the blame on (=say that something is someone else's fault)) (The other driver kept trying to put the blame on me.)
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(blames, blaming, blamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it. The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities... Ms Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI’s punishing work schedule... If it wasn’t Sam’s fault, why was I blaming him? VERB: V n for n, V n on n, V n • Blame is also a noun. Nothing could relieve my terrible sense of blame. N-UNCOUNT 2. The blame for something bad that has happened is the responsibility for causing it or letting it happen. Some of the blame for the miscarriage of justice must be borne by the solicitors... The president put the blame squarely on his opponent. N-UNCOUNT: oft N for n/-ing 3. If you say that you do not blame someone for doing something, you mean that you consider it was a reasonable thing to do in the circumstances. I do not blame them for trying to make some money... He slammed the door and stormed off. I could hardly blame him. VERB: usu with brd-neg, V n for -ing, V n 4. If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they are responsible for causing it. If their forces were not involved, then who is to blame?... The policy is partly to blame for causing the worst unemployment in Europe. PHRASE: v-link PHR 5. If you say that someone has only themselves to blame or has no-one but themselves to blame, you mean that they are responsible for something bad that has happened to them and that you have no sympathy for them. My life is ruined and I suppose I only have myself to blame. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb (~d; blaming) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphemein Date: 13th century 1. to find fault with ; censure the right to praise or ~ a literary work 2. a. to hold responsible they ~ me for everything b. to place responsibility for ~s it on me • ~r noun Usage: Use of ~ in sense 2b with on has occasionally been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; ~ on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as ~ for. Both are standard. II. noun Date: 13th century 1. an expression of disapproval or reproach ; censure 2. a. a state of being ~worthy ; culpability b. archaic fault, sin 3. responsibility for something believed to deserve censure they must share the ~ • ~less adjective • ~lessly adverb • ~lessness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 assign fault or responsibility to. 2 (foll. by on) assign the responsibility for (an error or wrong) to a person etc. (blamed his death on a poor diet). --n. 1 responsibility for a bad result; culpability (shared the blame equally; put the blame on the bad weather). 2 the act of blaming or attributing responsibility; censure (she got all the blame). Phrases and idioms be to blame (often foll. by for) be responsible; deserve censure (she is not to blame for the accident). have only oneself to blame be solely responsible (for something one suffers). I don't blame you etc. I think your etc. action was justifiable. Derivatives blameable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF bla(s)mer (v.), blame (n.) f. pop.L blastemare f. eccl.L blasphemare reproach f. Gk blasphemeo blaspheme ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. порицание, упрек to deserve blame —- заслуживать порицания to incur blame for smth. —- навлекать упрек за что-л his conduct is free from blame —- его поведение безупречно 2. вина, ответственность the blame is partly mine —- вина частично лежит на мне the blame lies with me —- вина лежит на мне where does the blame lie for his failure? —- в чем причина его неудачи? it is small blame to you —- вы не очень виноваты to bear the blame —- нести ответственность; принять на себя вину to lay the blame upon smb., to lay the blame at smb.'s door —- возложить вину на кого-л to take the blame upon oneself —- взять на себя вину to shift the blame on smb. —- свалить вину на кого-л to shun the blame —- избегать ответственности 3. обвинять, порицать; винить who is to blame? —- кто виноват? you are to blame —- вы должны нести ответственность I am in no way to blame —- я совершенно не виноват to be much to blame —- быть очень виноватым he is entirely to blame —- он целиком виноват to blame smb. for smth. —- винить кого-л в чем-л, возлагать вину за что-л на кого-д he cannot be blamed for it —- он в этом не виновен she blamed herself for having committed an error —- она винила себя в том, что совершила ошибку I have nothing to blame myself for —- мне не в чем себя упрекнуть she blamed it on him —- она считала его виновным в этом 4. относить за счет чего-л the fire can be blamed on a short circuit —- пожар произошел от короткого...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) порицание; упрек 2) ответственность to bear the blame, to take the blame upon oneself - принять на себя вину to lay the blame on/upon smb., to lay the blame at smb. s door - возложить вину на кого-л. to lay the blame at the right door/on the right shoulders - обвинять того, кого следует to shift the blame on smb. - свалить вину на кого-л. Syn: see disapproval 2. v. порицать; считать виновным he is to blame for it - он виноват в этом she blamed it on him - она считала его виновным (в этом) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from O.Fr. blasmer "to speak evil of," from L.L. blasphemare "revile, reproach," see blaspheme. Replaced O.E. witan. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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