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be a scapegoat for
常用于被动结构
He was made a scapegoat for the company's failures.
他被当作公司失败的替罪羊。
替罪羊；代人受过者
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替罪羊；代人受过者
someone who is punished for the errors of others
He was made a scapegoat for the company's failures.
他被当作公司失败的替罪羊。
为他人错误受惩罚的人
someone who is punished for the errors of others
When the project failed, the manager made his assistant the scapegoat.
项目失败后，经理让他的助手当了替罪羊。
The goalkeeper refused to be the scapegoat for the team's defensive mistakes.
守门员拒绝为球队的防守失误背黑锅。
After the window broke, the youngest child became the scapegoat even though he was innocent.
窗户打破后，最小的孩子成了替罪羊，尽管他是无辜的。
常用于被动结构
He was made a scapegoat for the company's failures.
他被当作公司失败的替罪羊。
The manager made her a scapegoat for the project's delay.
经理把她当作项目延迟的替罪羊。
强调功能角色
The junior employee served as a scapegoat for the team's mistake.
初级员工成了团队错误的替罪羊。
Not this
He was the scapegoat of the team's failure.
Use this
He was the scapegoat for the team's failure.
介词误用：表示“替罪羊”时，固定搭配为‘scapegoat for something’，而非‘of’。‘for’引出被归咎的事件或对象。
Not this
She became a scapegoat in the accident.
Use this
She became a victim in the accident.
词义混淆：‘scapegoat’特指代人受过者，通常用于人为主动归咎的场景；自然事故或意外中的无辜受难者应用‘victim’或‘casualty’。
Not this
They made him scapegoat for the mistake.
Use this
They made him a scapegoat for the mistake.
冠词缺失：‘scapegoat’为可数名词，表示特指或泛指的个体时需加不定冠词‘a’或定冠词‘the’。
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使某人成为替罪羊
The manager made the intern a scapegoat for the project's failure.
经理把实习生当作项目失败的替罪羊。
…的替罪羊
He was a scapegoat for the government's failed policies.
他是政府政策失败的替罪羊。
成为替罪羊
The coach became a scapegoat for the team's terrible season.
教练成了球队糟糕赛季的替罪羊。
找一个替罪羊
When the money went missing, the manager tried to find a scapegoat.
钱不见了，经理想找一个替罪羊。
绝佳的替罪羊
The new manager was the perfect scapegoat for the company's problems.
新经理是公司问题的绝佳替罪羊。
让某人当替罪羊
They made him a scapegoat for the company's losses.
他们让他在公司的亏损中当了替罪羊。
把某人当作替罪羊
The manager was used as a scapegoat for the failed project.
经理在项目失败中被当作了替罪羊。
寻找替罪羊
Instead of fixing the problem, they searched for a scapegoat.
他们没有解决问题，而是寻找替罪羊。
亚伦要为两只山羊拈阄，一阄归与耶和华，一阄归与替罪羊。
This is the earliest known use of 'scapegoat', from the Bible, where a goat was symbolically loaded with the people's sins and sent into the wilderness.
这是“替罪羊”一词最早的出处，出自《圣经》，一只山羊被象征性地承载人们的罪过，然后被放到旷野。
发长 /oʊ/ 音 (如 boat, coat)
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记住 scape 像 escape（逃跑），但替罪羊逃不掉——替人背锅的羊。
语域：neutral 常见场景：职场、政治、日常讨论 这个义项指替他人承担过错的人，多用于职场、政治和日常讨论中，语气通常中性。
与 -oat 读音 /oʊt/ 相同的词：goat、boat、coat；与 -ape 读音 /eɪp/ 相同的词：cape、tape、shape（shape 的 /ʃ/ 与 scape 的 /sk/ 不同）。注意 escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ 虽含 scape 拼写，但多一个起始元音且重音在后，容易看走眼。
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