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

• Foreign competitors, Wall Street fat cats and big government are the preferred scapegoats, never mind that technology plays a larger role in stoking worker insecurities.
  他们更喜欢用外国竞争者、华尔街肥猫和大政府做替罪羊，而丝毫不在意科技在造成工人失去保障中扮演了更重要的角色。
• 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。
• 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。
• But Mexicans also find scapegoats.
  但墨西哥人也找到了替罪羊推卸责任。
• The system encourages politicians to seek scapegoats, Mr Ding wrote, and those who do it are either stupid or weak.
  他写道，这样的政治系统鼓励政客寻找替罪羊，这么做的政客要不愚蠢，要不软弱。
• As economic conditions worsen, so this tendency to look for foreign scapegoats will intensify.
  随着经济形势恶化，这种寻找外国替罪羊的倾向将会有所抬头。
• 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。
• Won't have family property between brothers to scramble for the bickering, and scapegoats.
  不会有家庭亲兄弟之间为争夺家产的口角、反目为仇；
• The judge stands accused of ignoring the scientific truth that earthquakes cannot be predicted, and of seeking scapegoats to appease the embittered population.
  人们指责法官无视地震不可能被预测的科学事实、为安抚受灾居民而寻找替罪羊。
• 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。