1. 1無可指責的、清白的

    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. 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. 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.

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,摘錄並精簡格式,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

  • 1

    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.
  • 2

    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, […]

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