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scapegoat n.替罪的羔羊；替人顶罪者v.使 ... 成为替罪羊 (1) 被告成为别人的替罪羊。(2) 罢工领导人极力把外国竞争者作为替罪羊。 When a politician gets caught lying, he or she might use an assistant as a scapegoat. Somehow the lie will wind up being the assistant's fault. Your mom might tell you to use her as a scapegoat if you need to. So if your friends want you to go to a wild party and you don't want to, you should tell them your mom won't let you. That way, they will be mad at her and not at you. A fall guy is similar to a scapegoat, but it is mostly used if your scheme has been found out and one of your group of schemers must take the consequences.

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英 ['skeɪpɡəʊt] 美 ['skeɪpɡoʊt] (1) The accused was used as a scapegoat.(2) Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors. The Bible depicts a ritual in which a goat is sent out into the desert bearing the faults of the people of Israel. The word scapegoat first occurred in the earliest English translation of the Bible, and it has come to mean any individual punished for the misdeeds of others. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]替罪羊；代人受过者 If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault.   [oft N for n]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。2[VERB 动词]使代人受过；把…当替罪羊 To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault.   [V n]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。scapegoatingThe teachers are fair and avoid favouritism and scapegoating.教师们很公正，杜绝偏袒和乱扣帽子。

英语单词	scapegoat
英美音标	英 ['skeɪpɡəʊt] 美 ['skeɪpɡoʊt]
中文释义	n.替罪的羔羊；替人顶罪者 v.使 ... 成为替罪羊
英语例句	(1) The accused was used as a scapegoat. (2) Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors.
中文例句	(1) 被告成为别人的替罪羊。 (2) 罢工领导人极力把外国竞争者作为替罪羊。
vocabulary简明	The Bible depicts a ritual in which a goat is sent out into the desert bearing the faults of the people of Israel. The word scapegoat first occurred in the earliest English translation of the Bible, and it has come to mean any individual punished for the misdeeds of others.
vocabulary扩展	When a politician gets caught lying, he or she might use an assistant as a scapegoat. Somehow the lie will wind up being the assistant's fault. Your mom might tell you to use her as a scapegoat if you need to. So if your friends want you to go to a wild party and you don't want to, you should tell them your mom won't let you. That way, they will be mad at her and not at you. A fall guy is similar to a scapegoat, but it is mostly used if your scheme has been found out and one of your group of schemers must take the consequences.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]替罪羊；代人受过者 If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault. [oft N for n] 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。 2 [VERB 动词]使代人受过；把…当替罪羊 To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault. [V n] 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。 scapegoating The teachers are fair and avoid favouritism and scapegoating. 教师们很公正，杜绝偏袒和乱扣帽子。

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