Scapegoat



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.替罪羊
• ［英］ n.替罪羊 ( someone who bears the blame for others)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: ［sup］1［/sup］scape; intended as translation of Hebrew ‘azāzēl (probably name of a demon), as if ‘ēz 'ōzēl goat that departs—Leviticus 16:8(Authorized Version)
• Date: 1530
• 1. a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
• 2.
  • a. one that bears the blame for others
  • b. one that is the object of irrational hostility

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1943
• to make a scapegoat of
• ? scapegoatism noun

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