scapegoat

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n. 替罪羔羊, 替人顶罪者, 替身 [法] 替罪羊, 代人受过者

发音

CA /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/
US /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/
AU
UK /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/

词形变化

scapegoats 复数 scapegoats scapegoated scapegoating scapegoats 三单 scapegoating 现在分词 scapegoated 过去式 scapegoated 过去分词

别名

escapegoat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

    代罪羔羊

    替罪羊

  2. 2.

    Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.

    替死鬼

    替罪羊

    代罪羔羊

    He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane!

v.
  1. 1.

    To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.

    不及物 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

victim

下位词 2

whipping boy whipping girl

词源

From scape + goat; coined by English biblical scholar and translator William Tyndale, interpreting Biblical Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (“azazél”) (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26), from an interpretation as coming from עֵז (ez, “goat”) and אוזל (ozél, “escapes”). First attested 1530. Compare English scapegrace, scapegallows.

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