reproach
verb
責備;指責;批評
=blame or criticize sb for sth
reproach sb for sth/for doing sth
reproach sb(with sth/with doning sth)
She was reproached by colleagues for leaking the story to the press.
她因為將這件事透露給新聞媒體而受到同事們的指責。
His mother reproached him for his bad manners.
他的母親責備他禮貌不周。
Such doings will reproach him.
這種行徑會使他丟臉。
自責,內疚
=feel guilty about
reproach yourself (for sth/for doing sth/with sth)
He reproached himself for not telling her the truth.
他因為沒有告訴她真相而自責。
n.
責備;批評
=blame;criticism
His voice was full of reproach.
他的話完全是一種責備的語氣。
The captain's behaviour is above/beyond reproach.
隊長的行為無可厚非。
He listened to his wife's bitter reproaches.
他聽著妻子嚴厲的責備。
羞恥,沒面子,丟臉
=shame;dishonour;disgrace
Her actions brought reproach upon herself.
他的舉動使她很丟面子。
【詞形變化】
過去式:reproached
過去分詞:reproached
現在分詞:reproaching
第三人稱單數:reproaches
副詞:reproachably
【習慣用語】
above [beyond] reproach 無可非議地, 出色地
bring reproach upon 給...帶來恥辱
bring [draw] reproach (up) on sb. 使某人受辱, 給某人帶來恥辱
heap reproaches on sb. 痛責某人, 對某人大加責備
【同義詞】
accuse
blame
condemn
denounce
【名言名句】
The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
指責帶給你刺痛,正是它的忠實之處。