to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad

责怪，指责; 把…归咎于:

Don't blame me – it's not my fault.

别来怪我 — 又不是我的错。

I blame his mother. She does everything for him.

怪他母亲不好，她什么事都要为他做。

Marie still blames herself for Patrick's death.

玛丽仍然为帕特里克的死自责。

The report blames poor safety standards for the accident.

报告把事故归咎于安全方面没有达标。

The decision to increase interest rates was widely blamed (=blamed by many people) for the crisis.

人们普遍认为加息的决定是引发这场危机的罪魁祸首。

One of the computers is broken and she's blaming it on me.

其中有台计算机坏了，她就怪罪于我。

The crash was blamed on pilot error.

这次空难是飞行员的失误。

sb / sth is to blame (for sth), used to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad

某人/某事物（对某事）负有责任:

Officials believe that more than one person may be to blame for the fire.

政府官员认为，这场火灾可能不止一个人负有责任。

Television is partly to blame.

电视也要负一部分责任。

I don't blame you / you can hardly blame him etc, [spoken] used to say that you think it was right or reasonable for someone to do what they did

我不怪你/你不能怪他等〔表示某人做某事可以理解〕:

'She's left her husband.' 'I don't blame her, after the way he treated her.'

“她离开她丈夫了。”“他那样对她，也难怪她这样做。”

You can hardly blame him for not waiting.

他不等是可以理解的，不能怪他。

don't blame me, [spoken] used when you are advising someone not to do something but you think that they will do it in spite of your advice

不要怪我〔用于劝阻某人而又认为某人不会听的时候〕:

Buy it then, but don't blame me when it breaks down.

那就买吧，可是坏了别怪我。

sb only has himself / herself to blame, [spoken] used to say that someone's problems are their own fault

只能怪他自己/她自己:

If he fails his exams, he'll only have himself to blame.

如果他考试不及格，那只能怪他自己。

responsibility for a mistake or for something bad

〔对错误或坏事应负的〕责任;

Do you accept any blame for what happened?

发生了这一切，你认为你有错吗？

You can't expect Terry to take all the blame .

你不能指望特里承担全部责任。

I always get the blame for his mistakes!

他的错总是我来背黑锅！

She stole the money but she's trying to put the blame on me.

她偷了钱，却想把责任推到我身上来。

The court ruled that the child's parents must share the blame for the accident.

法院裁定，孩子的父母对这场事故均负有责任。

We are not here to apportion blame .

我们不是来这里评判孰是孰非的。

It's no use trying to shift the blame onto other people.

把责任推给别人是没有用的。

In my opinion, the blame lies with the police.

依我看，责任在警察身上。