Blame

Definition

blame /bleÇm/ v ~ sb (for sth)/ ~ sth on sb အျပစ္ဖို႔သည္။ လႊဲခ်သည္။ I don't blame you (ie I think your action was justified). ❍ ( saying ) A bad workman blames his tools. အကမတတ္ ဖ်ာေခါင္းခ်။ ❍ If you fail the exam you'll only have yourself to blame (ie it will be your own fault). ❍ She blamed him for the failure of their marriage/blamed the failure of their marriage on him. n [U] ~ (for sth) ၁။ (ခြၽတ္ေခ်ာ္မွားယြင္းမႈ၊ ညံ့ဖ်င္းမႈ စသည္ အတြက္) အျပစ္၊ တာဝန္။ bear/take/accept the blame (for sth) ❍ Where does the blame for our failure lie? (ie Who or what is responsible?) ❍ Don't lay/put the blame for your own mistakes on other people! ၂။ ေဝဖန္ ျပစ္တင္ျခင္း။ He got all the blame but it wasn't really his fault. ❏ be to blame (for sth) [ IDM ] (မင္း၊ သူ႕ စသည္) အျပစ္ပဲ။ … ကို အျပစ္တင္ရမယ္။ She was in no way to blame. ❍ Which driver was to blame for the accident? ❏ blameless adj ေျခာက္ျပစ္ကင္း။ a blameless life ❍ None of us is entirely blameless in this matter. blamelessly adv ❏ blameworthy adj အျပစ္တင္ထိုက္ေသာ။

Examples

1. If it all goes wrong
2. don’t blame me.
3. Crime is a complex issue – we can’t simply blame poverty and unemployment.
4. [blame something on someone/something] : You can’t blame all your problems on your family.
5. [blame someone/something for something] : Organizers blame the weather for the low turnout.
6. [be to blame (for)] : The hospital has launched an inquiry to find out who was to blame for the mistake.