Reproach means to blame, criticize, or express disappointment in someone for wrongdoing. It can also be used reflexively to mean blaming oneself. As a noun, it signifies blame, criticism, or a source of shame or disgrace.
Reproach means to blame, criticize, or express disappointment in someone for wrongdoing. It can also be used reflexively to mean blaming oneself. As a noun, it signifies blame, criticism, or a source of shame or disgrace.
[VERB 动词]责备;斥责;指责;责怪 If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong.
[V n]
[V n for -ing/n]
She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards...
只要有人不符合她自己的高标准,她马上就会加以指责。
She had not even reproached him for breaking his promise.
她甚至没有责怪他违背诺言。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]责备;斥责;指责;责怪 If you look at or speak to someone with reproach, you show or say that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong.
He looked at her with reproach...
他用责备的目光看着她。
Women in public life must be beyond reproach.
女性参与公众生活无可非议。
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[VERB 动词]自责 If you reproach yourself, you think with regret about something you have done wrong.
[V pron-refl]
[V pron-refl for -ing/n]
You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame...
你没有理由自责,也没有理由感到惭愧。
We begin to reproach ourselves for not having been more careful.
我们开始自责起来,怪自己不够小心。
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[N-SING 单数名词](某群体的)耻辱 If you consider someone's actions or behaviour to be a reproach to a group of people, you consider them to be harmful or insulting to that group.
[usu N to n]
The shootings and bombings were 'a scandal and reproach to all of us in Europe'.
这些枪杀和轰炸事件是“我们所有欧洲人的丑闻和耻辱”。
Oxford
re·proach/rɪˈprəʊtʃ; NAmErɪˈproʊtʃ/
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verb
reproachreproachesreproachedreproachingnoun( formal) 1[uncountable ]blame or criticism for sth you have done 责备;批评◆His voice was full of reproach.他的话完全是一种责备的语气。◆The captain's behaviour is above/beyond reproach(= you cannot criticize it).队长的行为无可厚非。2[countable ]a word or remark expressing blame or criticism 责备的话语;批评的言辞◆He listened to his wife's bitter reproaches.他听着妻子严厉的责备。3[uncountable ]a state of shame or loss of honour 羞耻;没面子;丢脸◆Her actions brought reproach upon herself.她的举动使她很丢面子。4[singular ]reproach(to sb/sth) a person or thing that brings shame on sb/sth (给…)带来羞辱的人(或事);(使…)丢脸的人(或事)SYN
discredit
◆Such living conditions are a reproach to our society.这样的生活条件是我们这个社会的耻辱。verb( formal) 1reproachsb (for sth/for doing sth) |reproachsb (with sth/with doing sth) |reproach(sb) + speech to blame or criticize sb for sth that they have done or not done, because you are disappointed in them 责备;指责;批评◆She was reproached by colleagues for leaking the story to the press.她因为将这件事透露给新闻媒体而受到同事的指责。2reproachyourself (for sth/for doing sth) |reproachyourself (with sth) to feel guilty about sth that you think you should have done in a different way 自责;(为…)感到内疚◆He reproached himself for not telling her the truth.他因为没有告诉她真相而自责。re·proach/rɪˈprəʊtʃ; NAmErɪˈproʊtʃ/
1[uncountable] criticism, blame, or disapproval: ‘You don’t need me,’ she said quietly, without reproach.2[countable] a remark that expresses criticism, blame, or disapproval: He argued that the reproaches were unfair.3above/beyond reproach impossible to criticizeSYN perfect: His behaviour throughout this affair has been beyond reproach.4a reproach to somebody/something something that should make a person, society etc feel bad or ashamed: These derelict houses are a reproach to the city.
reproach1 noun
reproach2 verb
reproachreproach2 verb [transitive]
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1formal to blame or criticize someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have donereproach somebody for/with something He publicly reproached his son for his behavior.2reproach yourself to feel guilty about something that you think you are responsible forreproach for/with You’ve got nothing to reproach yourself for – it was his own decision.
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reproach
[rɪˈprəʊtʃ]reproached, reproaching, reproaches
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责备(69%),耻辱(20%),申斥(11%)
n.责备;耻辱
vt.责备;申斥
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