scapegoat
美音:
[´skeıp´gəut
]英音:
[´skeıp´gəut
]n.替罪羊
难易程度:
scapegoat为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:scapegoated 过去分词:scapegoated 现在分词:scapegoating 第三人称单数:scapegoats
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scapegoat
/'skeɪpgəʊt; `skep,ˇot/
n (also esp US fall guy) person who is blamed or punished for the wrongdoing of sb else 替罪羊
*I was made the scapegoat, but it was the others who started the fire. 是别人放的火, 让我背了黑锅.
scapegoat
n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: scape (from scape 'to get away' (13-20 centuries), from escape) + goat; meant as a translation of Hebrew 'azazel (probably the name of an evil spirit in the Bible), as if it were 'ez 'ozel 'goat that leaves']
someone who is blamed for something bad that happens, even if it is not their fault
scapegoat for
She believed she had been made a scapegoat for what happened.
>scapegoatv [T]