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.)).
双语例句
1. The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him.
查尔斯顿惨败错不在他。
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2. She seemed to be placing most of the blame on her mother.
她好像把大部分责任都推到了母亲身上。
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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？
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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。
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5. It is the easy way out to blame others for our failure.