scapegoat

US [ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt]
UK [ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt]
  • n.替罪羊
  • v.使…成为替罪羊
  • Web代罪羔羊；替罪羔羊；替死鬼
Plural Form：scapegoats  Present Participle：scapegoating  Past Tense：scapegoated  

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scapegoat
n.
1.
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
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。

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AllAll,替罪羊替罪羊,使…成为替罪羊使…成为替罪羊,代罪羔羊代罪羔羊,替罪羔羊替罪羔羊,替死鬼替死鬼
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1.
The politicians would try to make a scapegoat of him.
政客们要把他当作替死鬼。
zhèng kè men yào bǎ tā dāng zuò tì sǐ guǐ 。
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2.
The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.
那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊，这样我就脱身了。
nà ge lǎo shǒu cái nú zhǎo dào yī gè xīn de tì zuì yáng , zhè yàng wǒ jiù tuō shēn le 。
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3.
Bankers had become a "convenient scapegoat" for politicians, regulators, central bankers and the media, he said.
他表示，对于政客、监管者、央行高管和媒体而言，银行家已成为一只“现成的替罪羊”。
tā biǎo shì , duì yú zhèng kè 、 jiān guǎn zhě 、 yāng háng gāo guǎn hé méi tǐ ér yán , yín háng jiā yǐ chéng wéi yī zhī " xiàn chéng de tì zuì yáng " 。
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4.
Petrov was initially praised for his cool head but later came under criticism and was, for a while, made the scapegoat for the false alarm.
Petrov刚开始因为他冷静的头脑而被表扬但是过了些时候却变成了这次假警报事件的替罪羊来批评。
Petrov gāng kāi shǐ yīn wèi tā lěng jìng de tóu nǎo ér bèi biǎo yáng dàn shì guò le xiē shí hou què biàn chéng le zhè cì jiǎ jǐng bào shì jiàn de tì zuì yáng lái pī píng 。
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5.
We were wrong. Then Makarov turned the U. S. into his scapegoat. Next thing you know there's flames everywhere.
我们错了。马卡洛夫把美国变成了他的替罪羊，接下来你也明白战火将四起。
wǒ men cuò le 。 mǎ kǎ luò fū bǎ měi guó biàn chéng le tā de tì zuì yáng , jiē xià lái nǐ yě míng bái zhàn huǒ jiāng sì qǐ 。
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6.
Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called looking for scapegoat.
通过把过错转嫁到别人身上把问题抹得一干干净，常常被称为寻找替罪羊。
tōng guò bǎ guò cuò zhuǎn jià dào bié rén shēn shàng bǎ wèn tí mǒ de yì gān gān jìng , cháng cháng bèi chēng wéi xún zhǎo tì zuì yáng 。
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7.
Perhaps it told the truth at the beginning, but later it was made as a scapegoat under press or for its interest or for both.
也许开始说的是实情，后来出于压力或者利益或者兼而有之的原因而替人背了黑锅。
yě xǔ kāi shǐ shuō de shì shí qíng , hòu lái chū yú yā lì huò zhě lì yì huò zhě jiān ér yǒu zhī de yuán yīn ér tì rén bēi le hēi guō 。
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8.
American citizens are going to have to make a lot of very unpopular changes. Obama's popularity dips as he becomes the scapegoat.
美国人将面临很多不得人心的变化，奥巴马民望插水，因他成为代罪羔羊。
měi guó rén jiāng miàn lín hěn duō bù dé rén xīn de biàn huà , ào bā mǎ mín wàng chā shuǐ , yīn tā chéng wéi dài zuì gāo yáng 。
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9.
Eg. She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence.
她觉得，本来是老板无能，但她却成了代罪羊。
tā jué de , běn lái shì lǎo bǎn wú néng , dàn tā què chéng le dài zuì yáng 。
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10.
If member states are able to use UN immunity as a scapegoat then what is going to ensure battalions will remain unbiased in conflicts?
若会员国利用联合国的豁免权做挡箭牌，又怎能确保联合国部队在冲突时公正无私？
ruò huì yuán guó lì yòng lián hé guó de huò miǎn quán zuò dǎng jiàn pái , yòu zěn néng què bǎo lián hé guó bù duì zài chōng tū shí gōng zhèng wú sī ?
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