June 22, 2012　=========

☆ accuse　責める

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This word can be used in everyday situations such as, “my boss accused
me of leaving work too early each day.” Or “her husband accused her of
having an affair.” (OK, so those are not “everyday situations” I guess! But
it’s just for an example! Ha ha)

Anyway, the word “accuse” is also used by police, when they “accuse”
a person of a crime. When they just want to say that they believe the person
did something wrong, they use “accuse”, however, when they actually
formally accuse someone, then the word used is “charge.” Look at these two
sentences:

The police accused him of drink driving.
He was arrested and charged with drink driving.

Bye,
Chris
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この言葉は、日常のシチュエーションで使えます。
例えば、
“My boss accused me of leaving work too early each day. ”
(私が毎日仕事を終えるのが早すぎると上司に責められた)
とか、
“Her husband accused her of having an affair. ”
(彼女の夫は、彼女が浮気をしたことを責めた)
などと使います。
(まあ、これは日常のシチュエーションではないですけどね！例文として載せました。笑)

また、この言葉は警察が罪を犯した人を告発する場合に使います。
単に間違った事をしたと責める時に使いますが、正式に告発をする時には“charge”を使います。
下記の2つの文を比べてみましょう：

The police accused him of drink driving.
(警察は飲酒運転で彼を責めた)

He was arrested and charged with drink driving.
(彼は飲酒運転で捕まり、告発された)

それでは！
クリス