If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault.
双语例句
例：
I don't think I deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
我认为我不该为这些不良后果充当替罪羊。
VERB. 动词
scapegoats , scapegoating , scapegoated
1.?[T 及物动词] 使成为替罪羊
To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault.
双语例句
例：
a climate where ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs and housing problems.