finger-pointing

IPA/ˈfɪŋɡə pɔɪntɪŋ/
IPA/ˈfɪŋɡər pɔɪntɪŋ/

finger-pointing — 名詞

1. the habit of publicly putting the blame on other people after a failure or mista

1.名詞C1
釋義

互相指責

出事後公開把過錯推到別人身上

the habit of publicly putting the blame on other people after a failure or mistake, often without taking any responsibility yourself.

例句

After the project missed its deadline, there was a lot of finger-pointing between the two teams.

專案沒能如期完成後，兩個團隊之間出現了大量的互相指責。

collocation: finger-pointing between [parties]

Camille told her staff to stop the finger-pointing and focus on fixing the broken website.

Camille 要員工別再互相指責，把心思放在修好那個壞掉的網站上。

object of 'stop'; the typical management response

常見搭配
  • a lot of finger-pointing
  • constant finger-pointing
  • mutual finger-pointing
  • endless finger-pointing
  • stop the finger-pointing
  • engage in finger-pointing
同義詞
  • blame game

    very informal; emphasises the back-and-forth nature, like a game with no winner

  • scapegoating

    more serious; focuses on unfairly choosing one person or group to carry all the blame

  • recrimination

    formal; mutual accusations between people who blame each other

反義詞

文法句型

a round of finger-pointing

finger-pointing between [parties]

finger-pointing over [issue]

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and used with a negative tone — speakers use it to criticise the blaming behaviour, not to describe a neutral process. Typical modifiers are 'a lot of', 'constant', 'mutual', and 'endless'.

常見錯誤

There were many finger-pointings after the failure.
There was a lot of finger-pointing after the failure.
finger-pointing is uncountable, so use 'a lot of' or 'much', not a plural.

同根字

  • finger-point
    動詞C1
  • point the finger
    慣用語B2
  • blame
    名詞B1
  • blame
    動詞B1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • a round of finger-pointing
  • a culture of finger-pointing

常用片語

  • a lot of finger-pointing
  • constant finger-pointing
  • mutual finger-pointing
  • endless finger-pointing
  • stop the finger-pointing
  • engage in finger-pointing
  • instead of finger-pointing

介系詞搭配

  • finger-pointing between [parties]
  • finger-pointing over [issue]
  • finger-pointing about [issue]