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為自民黨選舉挫敗承擔責任尚不明朗，黨內(nèi)新興的年輕領(lǐng)導人也還沒有做好挑戰(zhàn)黨主席的準備。
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.
總理阮晉勇可能會繼續(xù)留任，即便之前，有推測他可能會因大型國企越南船舶工業(yè)集團的財務危機承擔過錯責任。
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，讓體育賽事和運動員受過、為一些跟他們一點關(guān)系都沒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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