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

• You fall in love with that stupid guy?
  你爱上了那个蠢货吗？
• 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。
• After all, when share prices fall and hemlines follow, then a guy needs something to cheer himself up.
  毕竟，当股票下跌，裙摆也跟着向下延长时，总得有什么东西让人振奋起来。
• I'm just being used as the fall guy in this.
  我在这件事中不过是个替罪羊。
• Gradually, from midsummer to late fall, the chemotherapy transformed me into a bald guy whose pallor was offset only by the hint of terror in his eyes.
  从盛夏到深秋，慢慢地，化疗把我变成了一个秃头的家伙，苍白的脸色，惊恐的眼神。
• You need a fall guy.
  你需要一个替罪羊。
• 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。
• If Jeff Van Gundy was the fall guy for another first-round failure in the playoffs, at least one of the Rockets thinks the wrong guy tumbled.
  如果杰夫-范甘迪是火箭队又一次止步于首轮的替罪羊，那么队中至少有一位球员并不觉得这是公平的。
• A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser or victim.
  替罪羊（afallguy）指决定当输家或者受害者的人。
• And you need a fall guy to play the role of "killer,"
  还得找一个替罪羊做“凶手”