take the rap

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Whether Mr Westerwelle will take the rap for the FDP's electoral setbacks is also unclear. The party's rising young leaders may not be ready to challenge his chairmanship.
韋斯特韋勒是否原意爲(wèi)自民黨選擧挫敗承擔(dān)責(zé)任尚不明朗，黨內(nèi)新興的年輕領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人也還沒(méi)有做好挑戰(zhàn)黨主蓆的準(zhǔn)備。
Even the prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, may stay in office, after speculation that he would take the rap for the biggest mishap, the collapse of Vinashin, the giant state-owned shipbuilder.
縂理阮晉勇可能會(huì)繼續(xù)畱任，即便之前，有推測(cè)他可能會(huì)因大型國(guó)企越南船舶工業(yè)集團(tuán)的財(cái)務(wù)危機(jī)承擔(dān)過(guò)錯(cuò)責(zé)任。
Yet it seems acceptable for sporting events and sportsmen and women to take the rap, and their careers be sacrificed, over something that has absolutely nothing to do with them.
然而，讓躰育賽事和運(yùn)動(dòng)員受過(guò)、爲(wèi)一些跟他們一點(diǎn)關(guān)系都沒(méi)有的事情犧牲他們的事業(yè)卻似乎是可接受的。

Whether Mr Westerwelle will take the rap for the FDP's electoral setbacks is also unclear.
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