英语词汇“scapegoat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	scapegoat
释义	Trends of scapegoat View usage for: scapegoat (skeɪpgoʊt) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense scapegoats, present participle scapegoating, past tense, past participle scapegoated 1. countable noun If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault. I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results. [+ for] Synonyms: fall guy, victim, patsy [informal], whipping boy More Synonyms of scapegoat 2. verb To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault. Vulnerable groups in society are often scapegoated by the media. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: blame, hold responsible, accuse, point a or the finger at More Synonyms of scapegoat scapegoating uncountable noun The teachers are fair and avoid favouritism and scapegoating. scapegoat in British English (ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt) noun 1. a person made to bear the blame for others 2. Old Testament a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyed verb 3. (transitive) to make a scapegoat of Word origin C16: from escape + goat, coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew azāzēl (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean 'goat that escapes' scapegoat in American English (ˈskeɪpˌgoʊt) noun 1. a goat over the head of which the high priest of the ancient Jews confessed the sins of the people on the Day of Atonement, after which it was allowed to escape: Lev. 16:7-26 2. a person, group, or thing upon whom the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others is thrust verb transitive, verb intransitive 3. to make a scapegoat of Derived forms scapegoating (ˈscapeˌgoating) noun Word origin coined by Tyndale (1530) < scape2 + goat, prob. from LL(Vulg.) caper emissarius, lit., emissary goat, transl. of Gr(Ec) tragos aperchomenos, departing goat, used as transl. of Heb sair laazazel < sair, he-goat + l, to + azazel, prob. name of a desert demon, but ? with folk-etym. meaning “goat that leaves,”as if < ez (female) goat + azal, has left Examples of 'scapegoat' in a sentence scapegoat I don't know why I held that back; maybe I was worried about her being the obvious scapegoat, even to a supposedly new man like Bill. Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002) Only the ones who had betrayed her: whose whole instinct seemed to be to use her as a scapegoat. Weldon, Fay SPLITTING (2002) They seem like they're looking for a scapegoat for a situation that doesn't demand one. Gregg Hurwitz THE KILL CLAUSE (2002) In other languages scapegoat British English: scapegoat NOUN If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault. I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results. American English: scapegoat Brazilian Portuguese: bode expiatório Chinese: 替罪羊 European Spanish: cabeza de turco French: bouc émissaire German: Sündenbock Italian: capro espiatorio Japanese: 身代わり Korean: 희생양 European Portuguese: bode expiatório Latin American Spanish: chivo expiatorio British English: scapegoat VERB To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault. Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs. American English: scapegoat Brazilian Portuguese: tomar como bode expiatório Chinese: 找...当替罪羊 European Spanish: acusar injustamente French: faire un bouc émissaire de German: zum Sündenbock machen Italian: biasimare ingiustamente Japanese: スケープゴートにする Korean: 죄를 뒤집어 씌우다 European Portuguese: tomar como bode expiatório Latin American Spanish: acusar injustamente Chinese translation of 'scapegoat' scapegoat (ˈskeɪpɡəut) n (c) 替罪羊 (tìzuìyáng) vt to scapegoat sb (for sth) 使某人(成为(為)某事的)替罪羊 (shǐ mǒurén (chéngwéi mǒushì de) tìzuìyáng) to make sb a scapegoat (for sth) 使某人成为(為)(某事的)替罪羊 (shǐ mǒurén chéngwéi (mǒushì de) tìzuìyáng) (noun) in the sense of fall guy Definition a person made to bear the blame for others Her supporters see her as a scapegoat for a policy that failed. Synonyms fall guy victim A sacrificial victim was thrown to the judicial authorities. patsy (informal) whipping boy (verb) in the sense of blame Definition to make a scapegoat of He has been scapegoated for the lack of jobs and housing problems Synonyms blame They blamed the army for most of the atrocities. hold responsible accuse He accused me of being lazy. point a or the finger at Additional synonyms in the sense of accuse He accused me of being lazy. Synonyms point a or the finger at, allege, blame for, denounce, attribute to, hold responsible for, impute blame to in the sense of victim A sacrificial victim was thrown to the judicial authorities. Synonyms scapegoat, sacrifice, martyr, fall guy (informal), whipping boy Synonyms of 'scapegoat' scapegoat Explore 'scapegoat' in the dictionary
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