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单词 whipping boy
释义
whipping boy
/ ?w?p?? b?? /
/ ?w?p?? b?? /
  • 简明释义
  • 替罪羊:被人用来承担责任或受到指责的人。
  • 英英释义
  • n.
    • 1

      someone punished for the errors of others

      同义词:scapegoat

  • 双语例句
  • 1
    Armenia away from home, I thought that they were whipping boys on their travels.
    亚美尼亚远离家乡,我还以为他们是在他们的旅行鞭打男孩。
  • 2
    But we need a whipping boy, and economists have always, kind of, been whipping boys.
    但我们需要一个替罪羊,而经济学家们一直,种,被鞭打男孩。
  • 3
    While there is no record attesting5 how well this worked in practice, we do know that some Kings later rewarded their whipping boys with land and nobility roles.
    尽管没有记录证实这一做法的实际效果如何,我们确知的一点是,有些国王后来会赐给他们的替罪羊土地和爵位。
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