scapegoats

英 [ˈskeɪpɡəʊts]

美 [ˈskeɪpɡoʊts]

n.  替罪羊; 代人受过者
v.  使…成为替罪羊
scapegoat的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• The party began searching for scapegoats immediately after their election defeat.
  选举失败后这个党立刻开始寻找替罪羊。
• Mr Brooks was equally forceful, decrying the case against his wife as a witch hunt, while claiming they were being made scapegoats for the scandal.
  查理布鲁克斯的语气同样激昂，谴责针对他妻子的案子是一场政治迫害，同时声称他们正被当作这起丑闻的替罪羊。
• In some respects, of course, this is nothing new: the agencies often become scapegoats in a crisis.
  当然，从某些方面来说，这并不新鲜：评级机构往往会成为一场危机中的替罪羊。
• Stuck for answers, politicians have been looking for scapegoats.
  胶着于找出解决方案，政治家正在寻找替罪羊。
• Consequently, the idea of a central bank "plot" packs an increasingly powerful emotional appeal, and voters are hungry for explanations and scapegoats.
  因此，这种央行“阴谋”说获得了越来越强大的情感吸引力，选民急切需要解释和替罪羊。
• Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience.
  鼓励人们勇于承担责任不是让人们充当替罪羊，而是对人的良知的呼唤。
• European history is littered with the corpses of scapegoats.
  欧洲的历史到处是替罪羊的尸首。
• When, as now, they are in trouble they look for scapegoats Brussels is one of them.
  而像现在这样，当他们陷入困境时，他们会寻找替罪羊布鲁塞尔就是其中之一。
• But Mexicans also find scapegoats.
  但墨西哥人也找到了替罪羊推卸责任。
• Under the current dictator's father, Kim Jong Il, senior officials were killed or ousted as scapegoats for policy failure.
  金正恩的父亲金正日（KimJongIl）当权时，每当政策失败，总会有高级官员因此背黑锅，被杀或罢免。