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gb/blˈeɪm/ us/blˈeɪm/
B1
Anh
~ 2200
Các nghĩa
0 nghĩa
Động từ
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.
Mẫu sử dụng:
to blame [someone/something] for [something]
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes confuse 'blame' with 'accuse'; 'blame' can be informal and about responsibility, not necessarily legal guilt.
Từ đồng nghĩa
accuse (Stronger and often more formal; implies charging someone with wrongdoing, sometimes legal.)
Từ trái nghĩa
praise (Opposite in that it attributes good rather than bad outcomes to someone.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
blame someone for
|put the blame on
|blame game
|blame entirely
|blame partly
Chủ đề
daily life
|emotions
|conflict
|core_vocabulary
|communication
|relationships
Ví dụ
- 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.
Ví dụ cho người học
- 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.
Danh từ
B1
state
2
Responsibility for a fault or wrong
The fact of being responsible for something bad that happened.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes use 'blame' as a countable noun; in most cases it is uncountable.
Từ đồng nghĩa
fault (Often interchangeable, but 'fault' can also mean a flaw or defect.)
Từ trái nghĩa
credit (Opposite in that it attributes positive results to someone.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
take the blame
|accept the blame
|shift the blame
|lay the blame on
|share the blame
Chủ đề
daily life
|emotions
|conflict
|core_vocabulary
|communication
|relationships
Ví dụ
- 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.
Ví dụ cho người học
- 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.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
blame
IPA
GB/blˈeɪm/
US/blˈeɪm/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
blame (1 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (blame)
Các dạng từ
Noun
- Base: blame
- Plural: blame
Verb
- Base: blame
- 3rd Person Singular: blames
- Present Participle: blaming
- Past: blamed
Họ từ
Forms
blames
verb
blaming
verb
blamed
verb
Related words
blameworthy
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
blameless
adjective
Advanced or less common
blamelessly
adverb
Cách diễn đạt
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.
Ví dụ
- 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.
Ví dụ
- 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.
Ví dụ
- I will take the blame if this plan fails.
- She took the blame for her team's mistake.