scapegoat
verb🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/
🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scapegoat | 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/ 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/ |
| he / she / it scapegoats | 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊts/ 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊts/ |
| past simple scapegoated | 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪd/ 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪd/ |
| past participle scapegoated | 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪd/ 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form scapegoating | 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈskeɪpɡəʊtɪŋ/ |
- scapegoat somebody/something
to blame somebody/something for a failure or for something bad that another person has done 替罪羊；代人受过者 The community chose to ignore its own failings and to scapegoat her instead. 社区选择忽略自己的失败，而是替她代罪。