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
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
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。
用法提示：这里的 scapegoat 是名词，作宾语补足语，指代人受过者。
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。
用法提示：scapegoat 作表语，表示被归罪的人，强调代人受过。
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。
用法提示：became the scapegoat 中，scapegoat 作名词，表示代人受罚的角色。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was the scapegoat of the team's failure.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子She became a scapegoat in the accident.
正确表达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’。
grammar · medium
易错句子They made him scapegoat for the mistake.
正确表达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’。
scapegoat指被冤枉替他人承担责任的人，victim指受到伤害或损失的人
scapegoat为中性词，fall guy为口语化表达，常用于非正式场合
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。
scape（源自 escape，意为“逃脱”）+ goat（山羊）；相关词：escape（逃脱）、goatee（山羊胡）、goatherd（牧山羊人）
scapegoat 常因他人的错误而受到责备。
scapegoat 是替他人受罚的人。
scapegoat 的概念源于将罪过转嫁并牺牲某人以平息众怒。
scapegoat 往往并无过错，却承担了不属于自己的责任。
scapegoating 是将责任转嫁给某人的行为。
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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