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

• I hired you to be my fall guy.
  而是请你来当挡箭牌的。
• Suzana would never fall for a guy like that.
  苏珊娜才不会看上那小子。
• 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。
• People who publicly take the blame when something goes wrong. a fall guy takes the rap for something wrong or illegal, he accepts responsibility and punishment for what someone else did.
  当错误发生，公开出来承担指责的人就是其中一种，倒下的人得为别人所做的错事承担责任和惩罚。
• 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。
• The main actor have a fall guy do all the dangerous scene in the movie.
  那位男主角在电影中所有的危险镜头都由一个替身演员代拍。
• 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。
• 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。
• You need a fall guy.
  你需要一个替罪羊。
• This police officer, I'm sure, considered himself a fall guy. I mean what you have to consider is that the Taliban militants, so-called, who are being charged in this were children.
  我相信这位警官觉得自己是个替死鬼，我的意思是，你必须考虑这个问题：这些被指控的所谓塔利班分子只是儿童。