reproach
[ri'prəutʃ]
verb
责备;指责;批评
=blame or criticize sb for sth
reproach sb for sth/for doing sth
reproach sb(with sth/with doning sth)

She was reproached by colleagues for leaking the story to the press.
她因为将这件事透露给新闻媒体而受到同事们的指责。
His mother reproached him for his bad manners.
他的母亲责备他礼貌不周。
Such doings will reproach him.
这种行径会使他丢脸。
自责，内疚
=feel guilty about
reproach yourself (for sth/for doing sth/with sth)

He reproached himself for not telling her the truth.
他因为没有告诉她真相而自责。  
n.
责备;批评
=blame;criticism
His voice was full of reproach.
他的话完全是一种责备的语气。
The captain's behaviour is above/beyond reproach.
队长的行为无可厚非。
He listened to his wife's bitter reproaches.
他听着妻子严厉的责备。
羞耻，没面子，丢脸
=shame;dishonour;disgrace
Her actions brought reproach upon herself.
他的举动使她很丢面子。

【词形变化】
过去式:reproached       
过去分词:reproached
现在分词:reproaching
第三人称单数:reproaches
副词:reproachably
【习惯用语】
above [beyond] reproach 无可非议地, 出色地
bring reproach upon 给...带来耻辱
bring [draw] reproach (up) on sb. 使某人受辱, 给某人带来耻辱
heap reproaches on sb. 痛责某人, 对某人大加责备
【同义词】
accuse
blame
condemn
denounce

【名言名句】
The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
指责带给你刺痛，正是它的忠实之处。