patsy

英 [ˈpætsi]

美 [ˈpætsi]

n.  容易吃亏上当者; 容易成为替罪羊者

复数：patsies　

BNC.10930 / COCA.19274

牛津词典

noun

• 容易吃亏上当者；容易成为替罪羊者
  a weak person who is easily cheated or tricked, or who is forced to take the blame for sth that sb else has done wrong

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 糊涂蛋；容易上当的人
  If you describe someone as apatsy, you mean that they are rather stupid and are easily tricked by other people, or can be made to take the blame for other people's actions.
  1. Davis was nobody's patsy...
     戴维斯不会上任何人的当。
  2. He has long felt that Ray was set up, that he was a patsy.
     他一直觉得雷是被人陷害的，他是个糊涂蛋。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• A detective is your patsy?
  让一个侦探做你的替死鬼？
• You know, it could be that I'm the patsy, and you're on the spot.
  你知道，也许我是牺牲品，而你被人注意。
• Before my aunt Patsy retired from being a schoolteacher, she told all sorts of clever stories and tossed out interesting ideas.
  佩喜阿姨还没从学校教职退休时，会讲各种精彩的故事和抛出有趣的想法。
• There need be no patsy, because the economy is not a zero-sum game.
  这里不应该有替罪羊，因为经济并非零和游戏。
• Growing up, she developed a love for country music, especially Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton.
  她从小就热爱乡村音乐，尤其喜爱歌手佩茜•克莱恩和多莉•帕顿。
• Patsy had to clench her jaw to suppress her anger
  帕奇只得咬紧牙关压住怒气。
• Whenever there was a film starring celebrated silver screen lovers Patrick TSE Yin and Patsy Kar ling, she would flock to Tai Ping theatre with her classmates.
  每逢有谢贤和嘉玲这一对银幕情侣的影片，她都跟同学去太平戏院看戏。
• He has long felt that Ray was set up, that he was a patsy.
  他一直觉得雷是被人陷害的，他是个糊涂蛋。
• The new family consisted of George, Martha, Patsy, and John who soon after the marriage made their home at George's estate, Mount Vernon, on the Potomac River.
  乔治，玛萨，帕特茜和约翰组成了新家庭。婚后不久，一家人在波拖马可河畔的维尔努山的乔治庄园重建了他们的家园。
• That guy over there looks like a perfect patsy. Mark is so gullible. What a pigeon!
  那边那小子看上去很容易上当受骗。马克很容易上当受骗，真是个大傻瓜！