blame /ˈblem/
 (vt.)責備,責怪,把…歸咎于過錯,責任


 Blame v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blamed p. pr. & vb. n. Blaming.]
 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
    We have none to blame but ourselves.   --Tillotson.
 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.]
    She . . . blamed her noble blood.   --Spenser.
 To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident.
    You were to blame, I must be plain with you.   --Shak.


 Blame, n.
 1. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
    Let me bear the blame forever.   --Gen. xiiii. 9.
 2. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin.
    Holy and without blame before him in love.   --Eph. i. 4.
 3. Hurt; injury. [Obs.]
 Syn: -- Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing.

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 blame
      adj : 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"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an
            infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blamed, blessed,
             damn, damned, darned, deuced, everlasting, goddam,
             goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
      n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or
           misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony";
           "the police laid the blame on on the driver" [syn: incrimination,
            inculpation]
      2: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for
         it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: rap]
      v 1: put or pin the blame on [syn: fault] [ant: absolve]
      2: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your
         little brother" [syn: find fault, pick]
      3: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on
         her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn:
         charge]