blame
gb/blˈeɪm/ us/blˈeɪm/
B1
Anglų
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Veiksmažodis
B1
action
1
Say someone caused a problem
To say or think that someone or something made a mistake or caused a bad thing to happen.
Vartosenos šablonas:
to blame [someone/something] for [something]
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'blame' with 'accuse'; 'blame' can be informal and about responsibility, not necessarily legal guilt.
Sinonimai
accuse (Stronger and often more formal; implies charging someone with wrongdoing, sometimes legal.)
Antonimai
praise (Opposite in that it attributes good rather than bad outcomes to someone.)
Kolokacijos
blame someone for
|put the blame on
|blame game
|blame entirely
|blame partly
Temos
daily life
|emotions
|conflict
|core_vocabulary
|communication
|relationships
Pavyzdžiai
- She blamed her brother for breaking the vase.
- The coach blamed the loss on poor defense.
- Many people blame the government for the crisis.
- Don't blame me if it goes wrong.
- They blamed the accident on bad weather.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- I blame my dog for the mess.
- He blames his sister for the noise.
- They blame the rain for the delay.
- She blames her phone for the problem.
Daiktavardis
B1
state
2
Responsibility for a fault or wrong
The fact of being responsible for something bad that happened.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes use 'blame' as a countable noun; in most cases it is uncountable.
Sinonimai
fault (Often interchangeable, but 'fault' can also mean a flaw or defect.)
Antonimai
credit (Opposite in that it attributes positive results to someone.)
Kolokacijos
take the blame
|accept the blame
|shift the blame
|lay the blame on
|share the blame
Temos
daily life
|emotions
|conflict
|core_vocabulary
|communication
|relationships
Pavyzdžiai
- He took the blame for the team's failure.
- The manager accepted full blame for the mistake.
- Blame for the accident was placed on the driver.
- We all share the blame for what happened.
- She doesn't deserve any of the blame.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- I take the blame for the error.
- He got the blame for the mess.
- She has the blame for the problem.
- They give him the blame for the loss.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
blame
IPA
GB/blˈeɪm/
US/blˈeɪm/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
blame (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (blame)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: blame
- Plural: blame
Verb
- Base: blame
- 3rd Person Singular: blames
- Present Participle: blaming
- Past: blamed
Žodžių šeima
Forms
blames
verb
blaming
verb
blamed
verb
Related words
blameworthy
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
blameless
adjective
Advanced or less common
blamelessly
adverb
Posakiai
blame game
1/blˈeɪm ɡˈeɪm/
fixed phrase
informal
Act of shifting responsibility
A situation where people argue about who is responsible for something bad instead of solving it.
Pavyzdžiai
- After the project failed, the blame game began.
- Politicians are playing the blame game over the budget cuts.
put the blame on
1/pˈʊt ðə blˈeɪm ˈɔn/
fixed phrase
Say someone is responsible
To say that someone or something caused something bad.
Pavyzdžiai
- Don't put the blame on me for your error.
- They put the blame on poor planning.
take the blame
1/tˈeɪk ðə blˈeɪm/
fixed phrase
Accept responsibility for a mistake
To say or accept that you caused something bad to happen.
Pavyzdžiai
- I will take the blame if this plan fails.
- She took the blame for her team's mistake.