lay the responsibility at sb's door
把责任归于某人attribute duty to sb
With so many reports to mislead one, it is hard to say at whose door the responsibility should be laid.报告多得摸不着头绪,很难说责任该由谁负。

on one's responsibility
主动地,自作主张地sth be decided by oneself
He did the good deed on his responsibility.他主动做了那件好事。
You can't do it on your responsibility.你不能自作主张地做那件事。

shake one's responsibility
摆脱责任get rid of duty
We all couldn't shake our responsibilities.我们都不能摆脱责任。

shift the responsibility onto
嫁祸于人transfer the misfortune onto sb
Much of the responsibility for the disaster was shifted onto John, and this was quite undeserved.把这场灾难的大部分责任推到约翰身上,这太不公平了。

He has no responsibility for that accident.他对那个事故没有责任。
Wives still take most of the responsibility for the children.妻子仍然对孩子承担大部分责任。
The father of a family should have more sense of responsibility.一家之父应有责任感。
Do you know the responsibilities of the government workers?你知道政府工作人员的职责吗?
She has a lot of household responsibilities to do every day.她每天有数不清的家务事要去做。

responsibility, obligation
参见obligation条。

［同义词］   duty, obligation