scapegoat
scapegoat 英 [ˈskeɪpgəʊt] 美 [ˈskeɪpgoʊt]
n. 替罪羊，替人顶罪者；替身 vt. 使成为…的替罪羊
名词复数:scapegoats
- The Bible depicts a ritual in which a goat is sent out into the desert bearing the faults of the people of Israel. The word scapegoat first occurred in the earliest English translation of the Bible, and it has come to mean any individual punished for the misdeeds of others.
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- n. 替罪羊，替人顶罪者；替身
- vt. 使成为…的替罪羊
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1. Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors.
罢工领导人极力把外国竞争者作为替罪羊，在他们开办的工厂内举行罢工。
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2. But I suspect that the nuclearweapon is only the scapegoat for our fears.
但我怀疑，核武器不过是我们害怕的替罪羊。
- scapegoat (n.) 1530, "goat sent into the wilderness on the Day of Atonement, symbolic bearer of the sins of the people," coined by Tyndale from scape (n.1) + goat to translate Latin caper emissarius, itself a translation in Vulgate of Hebrew 'azazel (Leviticus xvi.8, 10, 26), which was read as 'ez ozel "goat that departs," but which others hold to be the proper name of a devil or demon in Jewish mythology (sometimes identified with Canaanite deity Aziz).
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