"scapegoat" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 替罪羊

Definition

替罪羊是指被他人冤枉地歸咎問題或過錯的人，通常是為了轉移注意力或責任。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

在正式和非正式場合都常用，特別用於工作、學校或政治中被推卸責任的人，既可指個人也可指羣體。「替罪羊」特指背負別人責任被怪罪的人，不等同於「受害者」。

Examples

The manager needed a scapegoat for the failed project.

經理需要一個**替罪羊**來為失敗的項目負責。

She became the scapegoat for her team's mistakes.

她成了團隊錯誤的**替罪羊**。

He felt like a scapegoat when everyone blamed him.

當大家都怪他時，他覺得自己像個**替罪羊**。

Politicians sometimes choose a scapegoat to distract from bigger issues.

政客有時會找個**替罪羊**來轉移更大問題的注意力。

Whenever something goes wrong, they look for a scapegoat instead of fixing the problem.

每當出了問題，他們總是先找**替罪羊**，而不是解決問題。

I refuse to be the scapegoat for everyone else's mistakes this time.

這次我拒絕再當別人錯誤的**替罪羊**。