If macmillan has escaped reproach , it is not because he succeeded , but because the task was so hopeless .
如果麦克米伦逃脱了责备，倒不是因为他成功了，而是因为这项任务几乎没有希望完成。
The price of failure , the conservative prime minister said , would be that " our successors will reproach us as we reproach the victorians for complacency about slums and ugliness . "
Similarly , if you are not the godmother at the baptism of one of your best friend 's children , it is probably wrong to give heirloom-style gifts or do anything that could be construed as a reproach .
He deals with the dark side of india , above all the poverty , which is a reproach to a state and politicians who seem to cut down the needy in the " friendly fire " of bullying , incompetent and corrupt government action .
