the scapegoat

基本解释

Players are concerned for themselves, thinking 'if I miss this chance, I'll be the scapegoat' or 'if I miss this penalty, I'll be criticised'.
球员关心自己，考虑如果我错过这次机会，我将会是替罪羊，或是罚丢点球，我将被人批评。
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Because she was 23 years younger than Hamsun, and still an ardent supporter of Germany, Marie was made the scapegoat and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
由于比哈姆生小23岁的妻子仍然是德国的热心支持者，玛丽被作为替罪羊被判三年监禁。
She is made the scapegoat, the victim, of decisions made at altitudes far above her daily life – and the same goes for all the people undergoing "austerity", not just in Greece.
希腊制造出了基于正常生活之上所做的决定的替罪羊，受害者，同样对于所有不仅仅是在希腊经历“紧缩”的人们也一样。

"If you want to find a scapegoat you can, but that is not the main issue on which you want to focus.
The New York Democrat said the embargo gives Cuba's rulers a scapegoat for their mistakes and lifting it will boost the U.S.standing on the world stage.

Thanks to the scapegoat, the Children of Israel were cleansed of their collective sins.
FORBES: Throwing the Scapegoat Under the Bus
Now when they testify the regulators will undoubtedly point the finger at Goldman, the scapegoat.
FORBES: Commentary

替罪羊
Chapter One devotes itself to the analysis of the two archetypal motifs, among which one is the scapegoat motif while the other focuses on the motif of daughter’s mother-complex.
第一章详尽阐述了小说中反复出现的原型主题,即“替罪羊”和“女儿之恋母情结”的主题。