Word · Frequency #14345
scapegoat
替罪羊；代人受过者
someone who is punished for the errors of others
- 1.
someone who is punished for the errors of others
为他人错误受惩罚的人
为他人错误受惩罚的人；替罪羔羊；替人顶罪者；替身；[法] 替罪羊；代人受过者
In use
When the project failed, the manager made his assistant the scapegoat.
The goalkeeper refused to be the scapegoat for the team's defensive mistakes.
After the window broke, the youngest child became the scapegoat even though he was innocent.
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。
make sb a scapegoat
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。
serve as a scapegoat
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。
Common mistakes
He was the scapegoat of the team's failure.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。
She became a scapegoat in the accident.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’。
They made him scapegoat for the mistake.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’。
Connections
Collocations
- make someone a scapegoat
- 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。
- a scapegoat for
- …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。
- become a scapegoat
- 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。
- find a scapegoat
- 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。
- the perfect scapegoat
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 scape 像 escape（逃跑），但替罪羊逃不掉——替人背锅的羊。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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