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

• She outgrew her clothes so rapidly that Patsy was always having to buy new ones.
  她长得太快，衣服很快便穿不下了，帕齐只好经常给她买新衣服。
• Patsy tried again '. Is that better?' she asked.
  帕特西分了一次又一次。这次好一点了吗？她问道。
• 'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.
  “留点神，帕齐。”中士提醒她。
• 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。
• Patsy had picked up the baby and was bouncing him on her knee.
  帕齐抱起婴儿放在膝上颠动着。
• Right? With his record, a perfect patsy.
  以他的记录，他应该是最好的人选。
• 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。
• I let Patsy go to school with just a little sweater on instead of her coat.
  上学时，我给她换下大衣，只穿了一件小毛绒衣。
• 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。
• A patsy was blamed for killing President Kennedy.
  一个代罪羔羊被指责行刺肯尼迪总统。