scapegoat

1. N-COUNT 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. 替罪羊

I don't think I deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results. 我認(rèn)爲(wèi)我不該爲(wèi)出現(xiàn)的一些不良後果充儅替罪羊。

2. V-T To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault. 使成爲(wèi)替罪羊

...a climate where ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs and housing problems. …一種屢屢把缺少工作職位和住房問題歸罪於少數(shù)族裔的風(fēng)氣。