reproach
verb[T]
uk/rɪˈprəʊtʃ/us/rɪˈproʊtʃ/C2
tocriticizesomeone,especiallyfor not beingsuccessfulor not doing what isexpected:
(尤指因为某人没成功或没达到预期目标而)责备,责怪,批评Hismotherreproached himfornoteatingall hisdinner.他因为吃晚饭时没有把饭全吃完而受到妈妈的责备。
You have nothing to reproachyourselffor/with.你没有什么可自责的。
Synonym
upbraidformal
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- chasten
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- there'll be hell to payidiom
- upbraid
reproach
noun[CorU]
uk/rɪˈprəʊtʃ/us/rɪˈproʊtʃ/C2
something that you say or do tocriticizesomeone,especiallyfor not beingsuccessfulor for not doing what isexpected:
(尤指因为某人没成功或没达到预期目标而)责备,责怪,批评Thelookof reproach on hisfacemade herfeelguilty.他责备的神情让她感到很愧疚。
Yourreproaches areuseless- what's done is done.你再指责也没有用了——做过的事无法改变。
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- chasten
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- there'll be hell to payidiom
- upbraid
Idioms
be a reproach tosomeone/something
be above/beyond reproach