scapegoat
n. 代人受过的人,替罪羊; 替身
If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault.
I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
我不应该为一些不好的结果顶罪。
To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault.
Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs.
工作机会少常常会怪到少数民族头上。
1. someone punished for the errors of others
In an election year, politicians will need a scapegoat.
今年是大选年, 政客们需要找到一个“替罪羊”.
He got what he wanted and left me in the lurch as a scapegoat.
他倒称心如意了,却叫我一人背黑锅.
You may say I'm making the school system a scapegoat.
或许你认为这么说是在推卸责任.
The essence of archaic religiosity is the scapegoat mechanism.
古代宗教狂热的本质,就是代罪羔羊的机制.
The project has aborted. The people in charge are looking for a scapegoat.
项目告吹了,有关负责人正在找替罪羊呢.