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- (in the Bible) 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（《利未记》16）。
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- a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency代人受过者, 替罪羊。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from archaic scape 'escape' + GOAT.