reproach

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·proach1 /rɪˈprəʊtʃ $ -ˈproʊtʃ/ noun formal  1  [uncountable]BLAME criticism, blame, or disapproval 批评；指责；反对 ‘You don’t need me, ’ she said quietly, without reproach. “你不需要我。”她语气平静，没有丝毫责备。2  [countable]BLAME a remark that expresses criticism, blame, or disapproval 批评的言辞；责备的话 He argued that the reproaches were unfair. 他争辩说这些批评不公正。3  above/beyond reproach formal impossible to criticize 无可非议 SYN perfect His behaviour throughout this affair has been beyond reproach. 在这一事件中，他的行为自始至终都无可非议。4  a reproach to somebody/something formal ASHAMEDsomething that should make a person, society etc feel bad or ashamed 某人/某事物的耻辱 These derelict houses are a reproach to the city. 这些破旧房屋的存在是这个城市的耻辱。

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reproach• The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie.• The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deserving charities every year.• Noah himself is beyond reproach, it is true.• The Alumni Club typically enjoys a reputation beyond reproach.• He had a steely streak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach.• I have said that Reagan was rarely moved to anger or reproach.• Fernandez argued the reproaches were harsh and unfair.• He was innocent and wished to purge himself of the reproach.• Nor was Bayezid alone held up to reproach.reproach2 verb [transitive]  1  formalBLAME to blame or criticize someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done 谴责，指责；批评reproach somebody for/with something He publicly reproached his son for his behavior. 他公开谴责他儿子的行为。2  reproach yourself GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYto feel guilty about something that you think you are responsible for 自责reproach yourself for/with You’ve got nothing to reproach yourself for – it was his own decision. 你没有什么可自责的，那是他自己的决定。→ See Verb table

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reproach• They chivvy and reproach each other as we eat.• They did not tell her this, but they reproached her for hiding her terrible state from them, her own sisters.• Emma Quashie reproached him from back in the doorway where she had gone, too lazy to chase the boy.• Huy entered his house, and its drabness both depressed and reproached him.• Zampano and Gelsomina are not exceptions, as people reproach me for creating.• You and Fred have nothing to reproach yourselves with.Origin reproach1 (1400-1500) Old French reproche, from reprochier “to reproach”, from Vulgar Latin repropiare, from Latin prope “near”

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reproach

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re‧proach¹ /rɪˈprəʊtʃ $ -ˈproʊtʃ/ noun formal1. [uncountable] criticism, blame, or disapproval:
    ‘You don’t need me,’ she said quietly, without reproach.
2. [countable] a remark that expresses criticism, blame, or disapproval:
    He argued that the reproaches were unfair.
3. above/beyond reproach impossible to criticize
   SYN  perfect:
    His behaviour throughout this affair has been beyond reproach.
4. a reproach to somebody/something something that should make a person, society etc feel bad or ashamed:
    These derelict houses are a reproach to the city.

II

reproach² verb [transitive]
1. formal to blame or criticize someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done
    reproach somebody for/with something
    He publicly reproached his son for his behavior.
2. reproach yourself to feel guilty about something that you think you are responsible for
    reproach yourself for/with
    You’ve got nothing to reproach yourself for – it was his own decision.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ reprimand formal to tell someone that they have done something wrong or illegal and are being punished for it – used especially in official contexts: The police officers were officially reprimanded for their behaviour. | The Swiss authorities severely reprimanded the banks for accepting $660million from the former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha. | Debra remembered as a very young child being reprimanded by her father.
   ▪ scold formal if a parent, teacher, or other adult scolds a child, they talk to them angrily because they have done something wrong. Scold sounds rather formal and old-fashioned. In everyday English people usually say tell somebody off: I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father.
   ▪ tell somebody off to talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Tell somebody off is more common in British English than American English: Dad told me off for getting home late.
   ▪ give somebody a talking-to informal to talk angrily to a child because they have done something wrong: The boy was giving a good talking-to and sent home.
   ▪ lecture to talk angrily to someone for a long time about something they have done wrong, especially in a way that they think is not necessary or fair: Stop lecturing me, will you! | He began to lecture her about her duties as a citizen.
   ▪ rebuke formal to tell someone that they should not have done something: She rebuked him for being late. | Sheerman rebuked his colleague for suggesting that he was too stupid to understand what he was saying.
   ▪ reproach formal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done. Reproach sounds much gentler than criticizing someone or reprimanding them: He felt he had to reproach his friend for his excessive drinking.
   ▪ berate formal to publicly criticize someone for a long time, in a way that shows you strongly disapprove of what they have done: She berated the paper for its 'misleading front-page story.' | Kennedy berated the Eisenhower administration and its vice president Richard Nixon, during the 1960 campaign.