blame

1. 炸坏了腿，别怪我.
2. [不是瘸子的错，该怪瞎子，两人才掉进沟里].

blame 责备

来自 blasphemy的缩写。

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.

查尔斯顿惨败错不在他。

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

她好像把大部分责任都推到了母亲身上。

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

如果他们的部队没有介入，那么谁应该承担责任？

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

把事情按部就班地讲清楚。不要责难或归罪于人。

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

把我们的失败归罪到别人头上倒是省事。

【reproach, accuse, criticism, blame】
reproach: 责备，指责从个人感受出发责难别人，责难的内容不一定正确，可能是吹毛求疵的话
accuse: 指责，控告 用法be……of
criticism: 批评，评论表示辨明某一个人的优缺点
blame: 责备，批评以贬低他人的方式说话，还表示批评

【reproach, accuse, charge, rebuke, denounce, scold, condemn, blame】
reproach: 侧重指因他人粗心、自私等引起不满而去指责、找岔。
accuse: 正式或非正式场合，私人或法律上均可用，被指控的情节可轻可重，常与of连用
charge: 常与accuse换用，但charge多指较严重的错误或罪行，而且往往向法庭提出正式起诉。与with连用
rebuke: 多指上级对下级进行的公开、强烈、严正而不宽容的责备。隐含一定权威的意味。
denounce: 与condemn同义，但着重公开性。
scold: 普通用词，多指上级对下级、长辈对后辈或雇主对雇员的态度粗暴、言词激烈的数落。
condemn: 正式用词，表示谴责，有较强的司法意味，侧重从道义或原则上的谴责。
blame: 普通用词，语气较弱，仅是一般的责难、归咎于，不含用语言责骂之意。