プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
とがめる【×咎める】
❶〔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.
❷〔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.
❸〔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.