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If you are blameless, you did nothing wrong, so people cannot fairly say the trouble is your fault. It is a rather formal word: you meet it in news, in official reports, or when someone is defending a person's character. Friends chatting would more often just say it wasn't their fault.
If you are blameless如果你是blameless, you did nothing wrong就代表你沒有做錯任何事, so people cannot fairly say the trouble is your fault所以別人不能公平地說麻煩是你的錯。It is a rather formal word這是相當正式的字: you meet it in news你會在新聞、 in official reports正式報告、 or when someone is defending a person's character或有人在為某人的人品辯護時遇到它。Friends chatting would more often just say朋友聊天比較常直接說 it wasn't their faultit wasn't their fault(不是他們的錯)。
Though actually, blameless does not mean nothing bad happened. An accident can still hurt people, and you can still be blameless if you were careful and honest.
Though actually不過, blameless does not mean nothing bad happenedblameless並不代表沒有發生任何壞事。An accident can still hurt people意外還是可能會傷到人, and you can still be blameless但你還是可以是blameless的 if you were careful and honest如果你當時小心又誠實。
People also talk about a blameless life, meaning someone who has stayed out of trouble for a long time, not only in one moment. It can sound a little old-fashioned, and sometimes a little too tidy — as if nobody is ever quite that clean — but the core idea is simple: no blame sticks to you.
People also talk about a blameless life人們也會說a blameless life(清白的一生), meaning someone who has stayed out of trouble for a long time指的是一個人長久以來都沒惹過麻煩, not only in one moment不只是某一個時刻而已。It can sound a little old-fashioned這個字聽起來可能有點老派, and sometimes a little too tidy有時候也顯得太完美 — as if nobody is ever quite that clean好像沒有人真的能那麼清白 — but the core idea is simple但核心概念很簡單: no blame sticks to you沒有任何責備會沾到你身上。
組成From Middle English blameles: blame (to say someone did something wrong) + -less (without).
同家族的字
- blamethe verb and noun this is built from
- blamelesslythe adverb: in a blameless way
- blameworthybuilt from the same blame, but the opposite idea: deserving blame
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
blamelessadj
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Free from blame; without fault; innocent.
- And while American Jews do not hold the left blameless, in the age of Trump, we’re a lot more concerned about right-wing anti-Semitism.
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Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.
- He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles; For sure he wrought amys, […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。