blamedの意味・使い方・発音

blamed

英 [bleɪmd] 美

blamed (adv.): "confoundedly" 1833, later also as an adjective, from past participle of blame (v.), as a "euphemistic evasion of the horrible word damn." [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848].
This adjective 'blamed' is the virtuous oath by which simple people, who are improving their habits, cure themselves of a stronger epithet. [Edward Everett Hale, "If, Yes, and Perhaps," 1868]
Compare also blamenation (1837) as an expletive. The imprecation blame me is attested from 1830.

1. The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed .: 米国の雇用市場の低迷が続いていることが原因とされている。

2.The hospital blamed the mix-up on a clerical error.: 病院側は、この混乱を1つの誤記のせいにしている。

3.The recession is largely blamed for the disappointing response to the appeal.: この呼びかけに対する反応は失望させられ、主に景気後退のせいにした。

4.Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.: 政府のケチが食品基準の低下の原因だと指摘されている。

5.He blamed injudicious comments by bankers for last week 's devaluation.先週の通貨切り下げを銀行家の不当なコメントのせいにした。