whipping boy

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It is the same with rating agencies, the whipping boys of the crisis.
同樣，還有評(píng)估機(jī)構(gòu)，這些本次危機(jī)的替罪羊。
Time, too, is the essential ingredient in reforming the capital markets,especially the conduct of the rating agencies, the whipping boys of the crisisright now (see article).
在重整資本市場(chǎng)，特別是聯(lián)邦證券評(píng)級(jí)機(jī)構(gòu)的調(diào)控和危機(jī)的替罪羊的諸多因素中，時(shí)機(jī)也是非常重要的因素。
Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, to take two favourite whipping boys, are more talented than they’re given credit for and certainly far from the stereotypical big lumbering centre forwards of old.
克勞奇，赫斯基，拿這兩個(gè)被敲打最多的小伙子來說，他們的天賦遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高過得到的認(rèn)可，他們肯定遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不是那種又大又笨的老式高中鋒。

Hence, we will see this week the Democratic leadership pushing for legislation to punish "speculators" who are their latest whipping boys for the current crisis.
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In order to create the funds necessary for student loan forgiveness, 54% of respondents said the government should erase subsidies to oil and gas companies, the cliche whipping boys of students everywhere.
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someone or something that is blamed or punished for problems that are caused by someone or something else

If someone or something is a whipping boy for a particular situation, they get all the blame for it.