プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
とがめる【×咎める】
1 〔責める〕blame ((for))，((文)) censure ((for)); 〔あら探しをする〕find fault ((with)); 〔たしなめる〕reproach ((for)); 〔しかる〕rebuke ((for))
- 教師は彼の怠慢をとがめた
The teacher reproached [censured／rebuked] him for being lazy. - 彼は無断欠勤をとがめられた
He was taken to task for being absent without permission. - いつも人をとがめてばかりいる
He is always finding fault with people. - 些細ささいなミスをとがめるな
((口)) Don't 「pick on [jump all over] people for little mistakes.
2 〔反省して心が痛む〕
- 彼に黙っていたので気がとがめた
I felt 「guilty for [qualms about] having kept it from him. - 彼はそのことで気がとがめているらしい
He seems to have a bad conscience about it.
3 〔怪しんで聞く〕
- 夜半過ぎに交番の前を通ったら巡査にとがめられた
A policeman stopped me for questioning when I passed the police box after midnight.