noun🔗Share替罪羊,代罪羔羊。 In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed."When the project failed, the intern became the scapegoat, even though the whole team was responsible. "项目失败后,那个实习生成了替罪羊,虽然整个团队都应该负责。ritualreligiontheologymythologyguiltChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share替罪羊, 替身。 Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else."He is making me a scapegoat."他想让我当替罪羊。personguiltsocietycharacteractionmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share替罪,代人受过 To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of."The manager, trying to avoid blame for the project's failure, decided to scapegoat the intern by saying it was all her fault. "为了逃避项目失败的责任,经理决定把责任推卸给实习生,说是她的错,让她当替罪羊。guiltactionsocietymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share替罪羊,嫁祸于人。 To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim."The school administration scapegoated the new student for the recent vandalism, even though there was no proof that he was involved. "学校管理层把最近发生的故意破坏行为归咎于那个新来的学生,简直是把他当成了替罪羊,可他们没有任何证据证明他参与其中。politicssocietyguiltattitudemoralgovernmenthistorycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading