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sac.ri.fi.cial.sAk7rI5fIF7[ladj [not gradable]献祭的，用于献祭的The priest held up the head of the sacrificial goat.祭司将用于献祭的山羊的头举起。(fig.) It's unfair that Ted has been made a sacrificial victim (= one who has to suffer because of something that someone else has done) -- it was his boss who should have been dismissed.泰德被作为替罪羊是不公平的---- 被解雇的应该是他的上司。A sacrificial lamb is someone or something put forward to people in authority with the expectation that they will remove or destroy it, esp. in order to prevent someone or something else being removed or destroyed.被牺牲的人或物，牺牲品We knew the department would be a sacrificial lamb when it came time to cut staff.我们知道一旦裁员，这个部门将成为牺牲品。
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