blame

/bleim/

Thân thiện

He took the blame for the broken window.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To assign responsibility for a fault or wrong: To state or believe that someone or something is responsible for a mistake, problem, or bad situation.
   • To criticize someone; to find fault with: To express disapproval of someone for a perceived fault or mistake.

2. Noun:

   • Responsibility for a fault or wrong: The state of being responsible for causing something bad to happen.
   • The act of criticizing or condemning; censure: An expression of disapproval for a fault.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • They blame the company's failure on poor management. (They assign responsibility for the failure to poor management.)
  • Don't blame me if you're late! (Do not hold me responsible for your lateness.)
  • She always blames others for her own mistakes. (She consistently assigns fault to others.)

• Noun:

  • The report places the blame for the accident on faulty equipment. (The report assigns responsibility for the accident to faulty equipment.)
  • He accepted the blame for the error. (He accepted responsibility for the mistake.)
  • The manager took the blame to protect his team. (The manager accepted the responsibility/criticism.)

Advanced Usage

• "To be to blame": To be the one responsible for something bad.

  • The faulty wiring is to blame for the fire. (The faulty wiring is responsible for the fire.)

• "A blame game": A situation where people try to blame each other for a problem instead of solving it.

  • After the project failed, the team started playing the blame game. (They started accusing each other of responsibility for the failure.)

Variants and Related Words

• Blameless (adjective): Free from guilt; not deserving blame.
  • The investigation found her blameless in the matter.
• Blameworthy (adjective): Deserving blame or censure.
  • His actions were clearly blameworthy.

Synonyms

• Verb: Accuse, censure, condemn, criticize, fault, hold responsible.
• Noun: Accountability, culpability, fault, guilt, onus, responsibility.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Blame (something) on (someone/something): To assign the cause or responsibility for something to a person or thing.
  • He blamed the delay on heavy traffic. (He said heavy traffic was the cause of the delay.)

Related Idioms

• "Lay/put the blame on (someone)": To accuse someone of being responsible.
  • She tried to lay the blame on her colleague. (She tried to make her colleague take the responsibility.)
• "Shoulder the blame": To accept responsibility for something bad.
  • As the leader, he shouldered the blame for the team's poor performance. (He accepted the responsibility.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. expletives used informally as intensifiers
   • he's a blasted idiot
   • it's a blamed shame
   • a blame cold winter
   • not a blessed dime
   • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
   • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
   • a deuced idiot
   • an infernal nuisance

Noun

1. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
   • he took the blame for it
   • it was a bum rap
2. an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
   • his incrimination was based on my testimony
   • the police laid the blame on the driver

Verb

1. attribute responsibility to
   • We blamed the accident on her
   • The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
2. harass with constant criticism
   • Don't always pick on your little brother
3. put or pin the blame on

Từ đồng nghĩa

• rap
• incrimination
• inculpation
• charge
• find fault
• pick
• fault