the scapegoat

基本解釋

Players are concerned for themselves, thinking 'if I miss this chance, I'll be the scapegoat' or 'if I miss this penalty, I'll be criticised'.
球員關(guān)心自己，考慮如果我錯過這次機(jī)會，我將會是替罪羊，或是罰丟點球，我將被人批評。
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Because she was 23 years younger than Hamsun, and still an ardent supporter of Germany, Marie was made the scapegoat and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
由于比哈姆生小23歲的妻子仍然是德國的熱心支持者，瑪麗被作為替罪羊被判三年監(jiān)禁。
She is made the scapegoat, the victim, of decisions made at altitudes far above her daily life – and the same goes for all the people undergoing "austerity", not just in Greece.
希臘制造出了基于正常生活之上所做的決定的替罪羊，受害者，同樣對于所有不僅僅是在希臘經(jīng)歷“緊縮”的人們也一樣。

"If you want to find a scapegoat you can, but that is not the main issue on which you want to focus.
The New York Democrat said the embargo gives Cuba's rulers a scapegoat for their mistakes and lifting it will boost the U.S.standing on the world stage.

Thanks to the scapegoat, the Children of Israel were cleansed of their collective sins.
FORBES: Throwing the Scapegoat Under the Bus
Now when they testify the regulators will undoubtedly point the finger at Goldman, the scapegoat.
FORBES: Commentary

替罪羊
Chapter One devotes itself to the analysis of the two archetypal motifs, among which one is the scapegoat motif while the other focuses on the motif of daughter’s mother-complex.
第一章詳盡闡述了小說中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的原型主題,即“替罪羊”和“女兒之戀母情結(jié)”的主題。