whipping boy

英 [ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ]

美 [ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ]

n.  代人受过者; 替罪羊; 出气筒

牛津词典

noun

• 代人受过者；替罪羊；出气筒
  a person who is often blamed or punished for things other people have done

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 替人受过者;替罪羊
  If someone or something is awhipping boyfor a particular situation, they get all the blame for it.
  1. He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime.
     他成了现成的替罪羊，为旧政权的失败担受罪名。

英英释义

noun

• someone who is punished for the errors of others
  Synonym:scapegoat

双语例句

• He is just a whipping boy in this accident.
  在这次事故中他只是替罪羊。
• 2: Tom says his mother uses him as the whipping boy at home. She's an alcoholic and whenever his dad gets mad at her for getting drunk, she turns all her anger at him onto her son.
  Tom说：他母亲把他当成家里的受气包，母亲酗酒，每当父亲为母亲喝醉酒发火的时候，母亲就迁怒于儿子。
• With the arrest and questioning of its former chairman and finance director last month, it has become the national whipping boy.
  随着该行前董事长和财务总监上月被捕，并接受审讯，该行已成为整个国家的替罪羊。
• How long do you expect me to stick around here and be his whipping boy?
  你以为我会赖在这里多久，替他挨骂受过。
• We are not here to interfere, nor are we here to be anyone's whipping boy.
  我们来这儿不是为了干涉别人，但也不是来受训挨骂的。
• Henderson again offered plenty of ammunition for those fans looking for a new whipping boy.
  亨德森又一次给那些喜欢挑刺的球迷们提供了了口诛笔伐的理由。
• It is unethical for a boss to use someone as a whipping boy. For instance, if someone died, you should not say he was dead but "he has passed away".
  （一名老？把别人当为替死鬼，是很不道德的。）譬如说，人死了，不说死掉，而说老掉了；
• The south's been the whipping boy long enough.
  南方当替罪羊的时候已经够久了。
• We are very much a whipping boy in the academic community.
  我们实在是学术圈里的替罪羊！
• He does not want to be a whipping boy any more.
  他不要再做替罪羔羊。