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whipping boy
[ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ] [ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ]

  • 替罪羊:被人用来承担责任或受到指责的人。

英英释义

whipping boy

  • n. someone punished for the errors of others

    同义词: scapegoat

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

whipping boy

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT If someone or something is a whipping boy for a particular situation, they get all the blame for it. 替人受过者

    例:

    He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime.

    他成了承担旧政权失败的现成的替罪羊。

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  • Armenia away from home, I thought that they were whipping boys on their travels.

    亚美尼亚远离家乡以为他们他们旅行鞭打男孩

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  • But we need a whipping boy, and economists have always, kind of, been whipping boys.

    我们需要一个替罪羊经济学家们一直鞭打男孩

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  • While there is no record attesting5 how well this worked in practice, we do know that some Kings later rewarded their whipping boys with land and nobility roles.

    尽管没有记录证实一做法实际效果如何我们的一点是,有些国王后来会赐给他们的替罪羊土地爵位

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  • By 1996, he was on his way back to Ireland to take up the job of coaching four-counties whipping boys Connacht.

    BBC: Gatland's Irish question

  • The countries share top place with nine points and Malawi will remain in contention provided they triumph away to whipping boys Djibouti.

    BBC: World Cup fates hang in balance

  • 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.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Energy freedom

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