1·He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime.
他成了承担旧政权失败的现成的替罪羊。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·He is just a whipping boy in this accident.
他正是那个便打的孩子在这个事故中。
3·He was a whipping boy in this accident and he was done for.
他是这次事故中的替罪羊,他完蛋了。
4·It is unethical for a boss to use someone as a whipping boy.
一名老板把别人当为替死鬼,是很不道德的。
5·L we are not here to interfere, nor are we here to be anyone's whipping boy.
l我们来这儿不是为了干涉别人,但也不是来受训挨骂的。
6·But we need a whipping boy, and economists have always, kind of, been whipping boys.
但我们需要一个替罪羊,而经济学家们一直,种,被鞭打男孩。
7·The directors are clearly responsible for what happened, but they're sure to find a whipping boy lower down the company.
虽然这事显然是主管的责任,但他们肯定会从公司下层里找 一个替罪羊。
8·I knew that if I didn't stand up to him, I would become his new whipping boy - so I turned around and with all my might, made a fist and hit him square in the jaw.
我知道如果我不敢面对他,我将成为又一个被他欺负的倒霉鬼,于是我转过身,用尽所有的力量,一拳打在他的下巴上。
9·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.
汤姆说他母亲把他当成家里的受气包,她母亲是个酒鬼,每次他父亲为他母亲喝醉酒发火的时候,他母亲就迁怒于他。
10·An' thou cease from study mine office is gone thou'lt need no whipping-boy.
如果您不学习了,我的职责就消失了,因为您就不需要代鞭童了。