offered as a sacrifice 用于祭献的 a sacrificial lamb 祭献的羔羊 - (figurative)
Our department became the sacrificial lamb when the company decided to downsize (= we lost our jobs so that other departments could stay in business). 公司决定裁员时，我们的部门就成了牺牲品。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySacrificial is used with these nouns:- altar
- lamb
- offering
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