fall guy

英 [ˈfɔːl ɡaɪ]

美 [ˈfɔːl ɡaɪ]

n.  代人受过者; 替罪羊

牛津词典

noun

• 代人受过者；替罪羊
  a person who is blamed or punished for sth wrong that another person has done

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 替罪羊;替死鬼
  If someone is thefall guy, they are blamed for something which they did not do or which is not their fault.
  1. He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair.
     他声称自己是这起事件的替罪羊。

英英释义

noun

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  Synonym:chumpfoolgullmarkpatsysuckersoft touchmug

双语例句

• He would always use Jack as the fall guy when he makes a mistake.
  每次他犯错误的时候他总是让杰克当替罪羔羊。
• It makes sense, I think she might fall for a French guy.
  完全有可能，我想她可能喜欢上了一个法国小伙。
• You fall in love with that stupid guy?
  你爱上了那个蠢货吗？
• It looks as if I'm the person who will be blamed if the plan fails, I am the fall guy.
  看来，如果计划失败，我似乎是将受到谴责的人。我是替罪羊。
• The fall guy may have been involved in the situation, but was not the person who should be blamed.
  替罪羊可能被卷入这种状况，但不是应当受到责罚的人。
• I hired you to be my fall guy.
  而是请你来当挡箭牌的。
• He was a very unpleasant person-he would always use his friend Peter as the fall guy if things went wrong.
  他这人很可恶，出了岔子总是拿他的朋友彼得当替罪羊。
• I'm just being used as the fall guy in this.
  我在这件事中不过是个替罪羊。
• In his book he claims that President Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy and tghat Lee Harvey Oswald was set up as a fall guy.
  在他的书中，他声称肯尼迪总统是一个阴谋的受害者，而李哈维奥斯瓦德只是替罪羊。
• The jury had no doubt that Mr Libby was technically guilty. But he looked like a fall guy in the bigger scheme of things.
  陪审团自然也毫不怀疑利比在此事中触犯了法律，只是他更像一串重大事件中的替罪羊。