Tra từ blame - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

blame [blame blames blamed blaming] verb, noun BrE [bleɪm] NAmE [bleɪm]
verb
to think or say that sb/sth is responsible for sth bad
•~ sb/sth (for sth) She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death.
• A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire.
•~ sth on sb/sth Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’.

Thesaurus:
blame verb T
•She blamed the police for failing to respond quickly.
criticize • • attack • • condemn • • denounce • |formal censure • • rebuke • • castigate •
blame/criticize/attack/condemn/denounce/censure/rebuke/castigate sb/sth for sth
blame/criticize/attack/condemn/denounce/censure the government/president
blame/criticize/attack/condemn/denounce/censure/rebuke/castigate sb/sth publicly

Example Bank:
•A spokesman said that bad weather was partly to blame for the delay.
•Blaming the victim is characteristic of any prejudice.
•He is widely blamed for masterminding the attacks.
•I don't blame Jack for the mistake.
•The government has been widely blamed for the crisis.
•Whenever something goes wrong, everyone blames it on me.
•You can hardly blame Peter for being angry with her.
•You can't really blame them for not telling you.
•Call her if you like but don't blame me if she's angry.
•If you lose your job you'll only have yourself to blame.
•She blamed the government for failing to respond to the crisis.
•She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death.
Idioms: ↑I don't blame you ▪ ↑don't blame me ▪ ↑only have yourself to blame ▪ ↑to blame

noun uncountable ~ (for sth)
responsibility for doing sth badly or wrongly; saying that sb is responsible for sth
•to lay/put the blame for sth on sb
• The government will have to take the blame for the riots.
• Why do I always get the blame for everything that goes wrong?
•I'm not interested in apportioning blame for the accident (= deciding how much each person involved was responsible for it).
compare ↑credit _n. (⁷)

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’.

Thesaurus:
blame noun U
•He refused to take the blame for their mistakes.
responsibility • • guilt • • fault •
Opp: credit
the blame/responsibility/guilt for sth
accept/share/absolve sb from/shift the blame/responsibility/guilt
the blame/responsibility/guilt/fault lies with sb

Example Bank:
•He was absolved of all blame.
•My brother broke the window, but I got the blame.
•The blame lies with the police, who failed to act quickly enough.
•The company refused to accept any blame for the damage.
•The government must share the blame for this confusion.
•The government tried to lay the blame at the door of the unions.
•They placed the blame squarely on the doctor.
•They tried to shift the blame onto someone else.
•I'm not interested in apportioning blame for the accident.
•She put the blame on me.