reproach

英 [rɪ'prəʊtʃ] 美[rɪ'protʃ]

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复数: reproaches;第三人称单数: reproaches;过去式: reproached;过去分词: reproached;现在分词: reproaching;

reproach 责备，指责

re-,相反，-proach,接近，词源同 approach.比喻用法，比较 approachable,接近的，亲切的。

reproach: reproach: [15] The -proach of reproach is the same as that of approach. Both go back ultimately to Latin prope ‘near’. From this was formed the Vulgar Latin verb *repropiāre ‘bring back near’, which, by the time it reached Old French as reprochier, had evolved metaphorically towards the notion of ‘bringing somebody face to face with something for which they should be blamed’.
=> approach
reproach (n.): mid-14c., "a rebuke, blame, censure;" also "object of scorn or contempt;" c. 1400, as "disgrace, state of disgrace," from Old French reproche "blame, shame, disgrace" (12c.), from reprochier "to blame, bring up against," said by some French etymologists to be from Vulgar Latin *repropiare, from Latin re- "opposite of" + prope "near" (see propinquity), with suggestions of "bring near to" as in modern "get in (someone's) face." But others would have it from *reprobicare, from Latin reprobus/reprobare (see reprobate (adj.)).
reproach (v.): mid-14c., reprochen "to rebuke, reproach," from Anglo-French repruchier, Old French reprochier "upbraid, blame, accuse, speak ill of," from reproche (see reproach (n.)). Related: Reproached; reproaching.

1. You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame.: 你没有理由自责，也没有理由感到惭愧。

2. We begin to reproach ourselves for not having been more careful.: 我们开始自责起来，怪自己不够小心。