scapegoat

1. N-COUNT If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault. 替罪羊

I don't think I deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results. 我認(rèn)為我不該為出現(xiàn)的一些不良后果充當(dāng)替罪羊。

2. V-T To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault. 使成為替罪羊

...a climate where ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs and housing problems. …一種屢屢把缺少工作職位和住房問題歸罪于少數(shù)族裔的風(fēng)氣。