Thick patchy fog and irresponsible driving were to blame.

浓重的分布不均的雾和不负责任的驾驶应受到责难。

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It wasn't my character, but circumstances which were to blame.

应该归咎于环境而不是我的性格。

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It said failings in water resource and management and chronic underinvestment were to blame.

报告称，这应该归咎于水资源的缺乏、管理的失败以及长期投资不足。

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Fewer people bought his books. Some people said Doctor Spock's teachings were to blame for the way young people in the nineteen sixties and seventies rebelled against the rules of society.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

Prosecutors are investigating why so many modern buildings were flattened by the quake and whether flawed construction materials were to blame.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Are climate changes real? If so,were human activities mainly to blame?

VOA: special.2010.01.19

The National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing reported on Tuesday that rising food prices were to blame.

FORBES: China Inflation Hits New 3-Year High; Will Govt Raise Rates?

Royal Mail said staff "pulled out all the stops" but the continuing severe weather conditions were to blame.

BBC: Apology after mail delays in Warwickshire

Ms Moore said rumours over recent years regarding the school's future were to blame for falling pupil numbers.

BBC: Wakeman School recommended for closure in 2013