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单词 reproach
释义
reproach
(rɪpr )
Word forms: reproaches , reproaching , reproached
1. verb
If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong.
She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards. [VERB noun]
She had not even reproached him for breaking his promise. [VERB noun + for]
Synonyms: blame, criticize, rebuke, reprimand  
2. variable noun
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.
Public servants and political figures must be beyond reproach.
Synonyms: censure, blame, abuse, contempt  
3. verb
If you reproach yourself, you think with regret about something you have done wrong.
You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
We begin to reproach ourselves for not having been more careful. [V pron-refl + for]
4. singular noun [usu N to n]
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.
The shootings and bombings were 'a scandal and reproach to all of us'.
Synonyms: disgrace, shame, slight, stain  
Translations:
Chinese: 责备, 责备的口吻
Japanese: 責める, 非難
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