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scapegoat somebody for something
表示让某人为某事（往往是不公正地）承担责任。
They scapegoated the intern for the project's delay.
他们因项目延误把实习生当成了替罪羊。
把（某人）当替罪羊；让（某人）背黑锅
scapegoated — past of scapegoat
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把（某人）当替罪羊；让（某人）背黑锅
to make a person or group bear the blame for something, often unjustly
They scapegoated the intern for the project's delay.
他们因项目延误把实习生当成了替罪羊。
替罪羔羊；替人顶罪者
someone who is punished for the errors of others
scapegoat
Base
原形
scapegoats
3rd person
第三人称单数
scapegoating
-ing
现在分词
scapegoated
Past
过去式
scapegoated
Past participle
过去分词
They often scapegoat immigrants for economic problems.
他们常把移民当作经济问题的替罪羊。
The manager scapegoated an employee for the mistake.
经理因这个错误而将一名员工当成了替罪羊。
She has been scapegoated by her colleagues.
她一直受到同事的替罪羊待遇。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The manager scapegoated one employee for the team's failure.
经理把团队失败的责任推给了一名员工。
They often scapegoat the new intern when something goes wrong.
出问题时，他们常把新来的实习生当替罪羊。
She felt she was being scapegoated for problems she did not create.
她觉得她正在为不是自己造成的问题背黑锅。
表示让某人为某事（往往是不公正地）承担责任。
They scapegoated the intern for the project's delay.
他们因项目延误把实习生当成了替罪羊。
被动语态，强调某人被他人归咎，常用于正式或新闻语境。
The coach was scapegoated for the team's poor performance.
教练因球队表现不佳被当成了替罪羊。
直接接宾语即可，省略原因时也常见。
Don't scapegoat the new employee.
别把新员工当替罪羊。
Not this
The manager scapegoated the mistake on John.
Use this
The manager scapegoated John for the mistake.
scapegoat 的宾语必须是“人”（被指责的人），过错本身用介词 for 引出；不能说 scapegoat + 过错 + on + 人。
Not this
The boss scapegoated for the mistake.
Use this
The boss scapegoated his assistant for the mistake.
scapegoat 是及物动词，必须接一个人作宾语；不能受汉语“背黑锅”影响而当作不及物动词使用。
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