1.be to blame for (doing) sth 对(做)某事应负责任。此结构中，主动形式具有被动含义。如：
I feel it is your husband who is to blame for the spoiled child.
我认为是你的丈夫把孩子们惯坏了。（上海高考真题）
The report discloses that human error was to blame for the accident.
报告披露这次事故是人为原因造成的。
The government is not wholly to blame for the recession.
这次衰退不能完全怨政府。
Driver fatigue was to blame for the accident.
这个事故是驾驶员疲劳所致。
Which driver was to blame for the accident?
哪位司机是此次事故的肇事者？
The policy is partly to blame for causing the worst unemployment in Europe.
欧洲出现了最严重的失业情况，这应当部分归咎于这项政策。
Who is to blame for starting the fire? 火灾的引起应该由谁来负责?
As far as I can judge, all of them are to blame.
依我看，他们都应承担责任。
She was partly to blame for failing to look as she crossed the road.
她过马路时没注意看，负有部分责任。
This is not his fault. I am to blame for not having made the whole thing clear to him.
这不能怪他，只怪我没有交代清楚。
Lao Li is not to blame for this. it's all my fault.
这件事怨不得老李，都怪我。
You are not to blame for what happened. 对所发生的事不应该由你负责。
We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, but I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's accident ．
我们以10-1领先,我被评为最有价值的球员,但我经常做疯狂的梦，在梦里，米勒出车祸都是我的错。高考真题- 2016 全国
The children were not to blame for the accident.
这次事故不能怪孩子们。
The mother didn’t know who to blame for the breaken glass as it happened while she was out.
这位母亲不知道谁该为在她外出时为打碎的玻璃杯负责。（全国高考，02年）
I thought the technician was to blame for the blowing of the fuse, but I see now that I was.
mistaken.
我原以为保险丝烧断应归咎于技术人员，但现在我明白了，那我弄错了。（考研真题）
2. blame sb (sth) for sth
(1) 因为某事而责备某人。如：
He blames you for negligence of duty.
他责怪你玩忽职守。
He blamed me for negligence. 他责备我粗心大意。
I don’t blame you for doing that. 我不责备你做了那事。
We shouldn't blame ourselves for what happened.
我们不应该为发生的事责怪自己。
(2) 把某事的责任归咎于某人。如：
He blamed his teacher for his failure. 他把自己的失败归罪于他的老师。
A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire.
一支乱扔的烟被指为引起这场火灾的罪魁祸首。
She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death.
她没把她父亲的死归罪于任何人。
Organizers blame the weather for the low turnout.
组织者把到场人数少归咎于天气。
3. blame sth on sb (sth) 把某事的责任归咎于某人。如：
Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
警方把事故原因归咎于危险驾驶。
The accident was blamed on the conductor.
这次事故归罪于售票员。
He blamed his failure on his teacher.
他把她的失败归罪于他的老师。
The driver blamed the accident on the cyclist. 司机把事故的责任归咎于骑自行车的人。
注：以上两类结构有时可互换，注意词序不同。如：
He blamed the failure on me. 他把失败归咎于我。
He blamed me for the failure. 他把失败归咎于我。
4. put [lay] the blame (for sth) on sb (把某事)归咎于某人。如：
He put [laid] all the blame on me. 他把一切都归咎于我。
The judge put [laid] the blame for the accident on the driver of the car. 法官把事故的责任归咎于汽车司机。
Hitler put the blame for Hess's flight to England on the corrupting influence of Professor Haushofer.
希特勒把赫斯的飞英归咎于豪斯霍费尔教授的坏影响。
She revealed her true colours when she put the blame for the mistake on her colleagues.
当她把错误推诿到同事身上时，露出了她的本来面目。
He tried to shift the blame for his mistakes onto his colleagues.
他自己犯了错误，却试图把责任推给同事。