a weak person who is easily cheated or tricked, or who is forced to take the blame for something that somebody else has done wrong 容易吃亏上当者;容易成为替罪羊者 I thought you respected me—now I find out that I’m just another one of your patsies. 我原以为你很尊敬我,现在才知道我只不过是你的另一个替死鬼。
Word Originearly 20th cent.: of unknown origin.