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scapegoat/ˈskeipɡəʊt/ n. & v.●n. 1 a person bearing the blame for the sins, shortcomings, etc. of others, esp. as an expedient 替罪羊，(尤指作为权宜之计)代人受过者 2 Bibl. a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16) 【圣经】替罪羊(古犹太祭司象征性地把人的罪过归在羊身上，然后将羊放逐荒野(《圣经·利未记》，第 16 章)) ●v. tr. make a scapegoat of 使成为…的替罪羊 □ scapegoater n.[scape (archaic, = escape) + GOAT, = the goat that escapes] |