英语词汇“scapegoat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scape•goat n. [countable]

one forced to take the blame for others:After the scandal became public, the president looked for a scapegoat and found one in the accounting division.

v. [~ + object]

to make a scapegoat of:The company scapegoated its accounting division.

scape•goat n.

a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
Bible[Chiefly Biblical.]a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8,10,26.

v.t.

to make a scapegoat of:Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors.

scape² + goat 1520–30

scapegoat /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/ n

a person made to bear the blame for others
a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyed

(transitive) to make a scapegoat of

Etymology: 16th Century: from escape + goat, coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew azāzēl (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean ``goat that escapes''

单词	scapegoat
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 scape•goat /ˈskeɪpˌgoʊt/USA pronunciation n. [countable] one forced to take the blame for others:After the scandal became public, the president looked for a scapegoat and found one in the accounting division. v. [~ + object] to make a scapegoat of:The company scapegoated its accounting division. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 scape•goat (skāp′gōt′),USA pronunciation n. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. Bible[Chiefly Biblical.]a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8,10,26. v.t. to make a scapegoat of:Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors. scape² + goat 1520–30 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scapegoat /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/ n a person made to bear the blame for others a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyed vb (transitive) to make a scapegoat of Etymology: 16th Century: from escape + goat, coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew azāzēl (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean ``goat that escapes''
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