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be a patsy for sb
常用结构，指某人成为别人利用或推卸责任的对象。
He was a patsy for the real criminals.
他是真正罪犯的替罪羊。
容易上当的人；易受骗的人
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容易上当的人；易受骗的人
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
He was a patsy for the real criminals.
他是真正罪犯的替罪羊。
容易上当受骗的人
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
He thought he was getting a great deal, but the seller just saw him as a patsy.
他以为自己捡了个大便宜，但卖家只是把他看作容易上当的人。
Don't be a patsy — check the contract before you sign anything.
别当冤大头——签任何东西之前先检查合同。
The con artist chose tourists as easy patsies.
那个骗子专挑游客这类容易上当的人下手。
常用结构，指某人成为别人利用或推卸责任的对象。
He was a patsy for the real criminals.
他是真正罪犯的替罪羊。
主动语态，表示故意将某人当作替罪羊。
The boss made a patsy of him.
老板把他当成了替罪羊。
口语常用，表示把某人当作容易受骗的人。
Don't take me for a patsy!
别把我当成傻瓜！
指充当替罪羊或受骗者的角色。
She refused to play the patsy in the scheme.
她拒绝在这个阴谋中当替罪羊。
Not this
He is very patsy.
Use this
He is a patsy.
patsy 是可数名词，不是形容词，必须与冠词连用或用作名词短语。
Not this
They patsied him to take the blame.
Use this
They made him the patsy to take the blame.
patsy 不能作为动词使用；正确表达是‘make someone the patsy’或‘use someone as a patsy’。
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把某人当傻瓜耍；欺骗某人
The con artist made a patsy of the elderly man and took all his savings.
那个骗子把老人当傻瓜耍，骗走了他所有的积蓄。
把某人当傻瓜；愚弄某人
Don't play me for a patsy; I know exactly what you're doing.
别把我当傻瓜；我完全知道你在干什么。
容易上当的傻瓜
He was such a gullible patsy that he believed every word of the scammer's story.
他是个容易上当的傻瓜，竟相信了骗子说的每一句话。
容易得手的目标；容易上当的人
The pickpockets were looking for an easy patsy in the crowded station.
扒手们正在拥挤的车站里寻找容易得手的目标。
把某人当冤大头
Don't play me for a patsy; I know exactly what you're up to.
别把我当冤大头；我完全知道你在打什么算盘。
把某人当作替罪羊
The fraudsters made a patsy out of the elderly man to cover their tracks.
那些骗子把老人当作替罪羊来掩盖他们的行径。
使某人成为替罪羊
He was set up as the patsy for the company's accounting scandal.
他被当作公司会计丑闻的替罪羊。
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patsy ≈ pat + sy，被人轻拍肩膀（pat）夸两句就信以为真，正是容易受骗的傻瓜。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常闲聊、非正式评论 patsy 通常用于非正式口语，指容易上当受骗的人；正式写作或书面语中比较少见。
patsy 读 /ˈpætsi/。bitsy 与它同以 -tsy 结尾、同含 /tsi/，但重读元音不同（/ɪ/ 对 /æ/），不是整词押韵；cats 有相同的 /æts/ 音，但没有末尾的 /i/；patty 的开头 /pæt/ 与 patsy 相同，但没有 /s/。当心 tipsy 和 Macy：tipsy 的 -psy 读 /psi/，Macy 的 -cy 读 /si/，都不是 patsy 的 /tsi/。
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