这些动词均含有“责备，非难”之意。
blame : 普通用词，语气较弱，仅是一般的责难、归咎于，不含用语言责骂之意。
- Don't blame me (= it is not my fault) if you miss the bus!
如果你没赶上公车可别怪我！ - Hugh blames his mother for his lack of confidence.
休把自己缺乏自信心归咎于他的母亲。 - Hugh blames his lack of confidence on his mother.
休把自己缺乏自信心归咎于他的母亲。
accuse : 语气比blame强，本义为归罪，可用作指非难或谴责之义。
- "It wasn't my fault." "Don't worry, I'm not accusing you."
“不是我的错。”“别担心，我不是在指责你。” - He's been accused of robbery/murder.
他被指控犯有抢劫／谋杀罪。 - Are you accusing me of lying?
你是在指责我撒谎吗？ - The surgeon was accused of negligence.
这名外科医生被控玩忽职守。 - The government stands accused of eroding freedom of speech.
政府因侵犯言论自由受到谴责。
condemn : 正式用词，表示谴责，有较强的司法意味，侧重从道义或原则上的谴责。
- The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice.
人们谴责这一恐怖行径是野蛮和懦弱的行为。 - The film was condemned for its sexism.
这部影片被指责带有性别歧视。
scold : 普通用词，多指上级对下级、长辈对后辈或雇主对雇员的态度粗暴、言词激烈的数落。
- His mother scolded him for breaking her favourite vase.
母亲因为他打碎了她最心爱的花瓶而责骂他。 - She writes me often, if only to scold me because I haven't written to her.
她常来信，即使仅仅为了责怪我还没回信给她。
denounce与condemn同义，但着重公开性。
- The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
政府的经济政策受到了各方面的谴责。 - We must denounce injustice and oppression.
我们必须对不公和压迫现象予以谴责。
reproach : 侧重指因他人粗心、自私等引起不满而去指责、找岔。
- She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards.
只要有人不符合她自己的高标准，她马上就会加以指责。 - His mother reproached him for not eating all his dinner.
他因为吃晚饭时没有把饭全吃完而受到妈妈的责备。 - You have nothing to reproach yourself for/with.
你没有什么可自责的。
rebuke : 多指上级对下级进行的公开、强烈、严正而不宽容的责备。隐含一定权威的意味。
- I was rebuked by my manager for being late.
我因为迟到而遭到经理的训斥。 - The president rebuked the House and Senate for not passing those bills within 100 days.
总统谴责参众两院没有在100天之内通过那些法案。 - The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures.
公司因忽略了安全规程而受到公开批评。
