scapegoat

英 [ˈskeɪpɡəʊt]

美 [ˈskeɪpɡoʊt]

n.  替罪羊; 代人受过者
v.  使…成为替罪羊

复数：scapegoats　现在分词：scapegoating　过去式：scapegoated　过去分词：scapegoated　

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牛津词典

noun

• 替罪羊；代人受过者
  a person who is blamed for sth bad that sb else has done or for some failure
  1. She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence.
     她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 替罪羊;代人受过者
  If you say that someone is made ascapegoat forsomething bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault.
  1. I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
     我不应该为一些不好的结果顶罪。
• VERB 使代人受过;把…当替罪羊
  Toscapegoatsomeone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault.
  1. Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs.
     工作机会少常常会怪到少数民族头上。

英英释义

noun

• someone who is punished for the errors of others
  Synonym:whipping boy

双语例句

• Why pick you as a scapegoat?
  他们为什么选你当替罪羊？
• But I suspect that the nuclear weapon is only the scapegoat for our fears.
  但我怀疑，核武器不过是我们害怕的替罪羊。
• He had been made the scapegoat for all the failures of the Luftwaffe.
  他就是德国空军各次败绩的替罪羊。
• This means to be the scapegoat, to be blamed for something that someone else did.
  被告成为别人的替罪羊。它的意思是替罪羊，也就是替人受过。
• You can't step on others, can only do others scapegoat.
  你不能踩着别人肩膀，就只能做他人垫背。
• But the fact is that every country in crisis needs a scapegoat.
  但现实就是这样，每个处在危机中的国家都需要找到替罪羊。
• FIND A SCAPEGOAT You have two options – blame and fire or cards on the table.
  找一只替罪羊你有两种选择责备并解雇某人或者摊牌。
• B: Definitely not. He is just the scapegoat.
  当然不是，他只是个替罪羊而已。
• She's always the scapegoat when anything goes wrong.
  出错时她总要代人受过。
• Their defence lawyers may claim they are being made scapegoat for a whole era of corporate greed.
  他们的辩护律师可能会说，他们成为整个贪婪的时代的替罪羔羊。