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Reproach   [V Feel Reproached Formal Blame Criticize Sth

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.

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/rɪpro͟ʊtʃ/
1
[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。

2
[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。

3
[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。

4
[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 ; NAmE rɪˈproʊtʃ /
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reproach reproaches reproached reproaching
noun ( 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) 1 reproachsb (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。 2 reproachyourself (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 ; NAmE rɪˈproʊtʃ /
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reproach1 noun
reproach2 verb
reproachre‧proach1 /rɪˈprəʊtʃ $ -ˈproʊtʃ/ noun formal
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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 criticize SYN  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.
WDF

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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