scandal

英 ['skændl] 美 ['skændl]

• n. 丑闻；反感；耻辱；中伤

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S] 丑事,丑闻

   action, attitude, etc. that is disgraceful or shameful

2. [U] 流言蜚语; 闲话; 诽谤

   talk about the bad things people are thought to have done; gossip

3. [C] [U] 公愤; 反感

   (act, behavior, etc. that causes) public feelings of outrage or indignation

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 丑闻，谣言，流言蜚语，闲话，丑事，丑行，丑名，恶名
2. 反感
3. 耻辱，丢脸
4. 诽谤，中伤，诋毁
5. 公愤
6. 震惊
7. 丢脸的事件
8. 舞弊案件
9. 物议
10. 【律】谩骂

v. 动词

1. 讲...坏话，诽谤
2. 使受耻辱

英英释义

Noun:

1. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

2. a disgraceful event

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The scandal caused tempests in the newspaper.
   那件丑闻在报纸上引起阵阵风波。
2. The villagers knew about the scandal.
   村子里的居民知道这件丑事。
3. This scandal may topple the government.
   这桩丑闻有可能使政府垮台。
4. The President is at the center of a recent scandal over revelation about his financial interests.
   总统因近来被揭露涉嫌金融权益问题而成为丑闻的主角。
5. Our contentions do bring on us some scandal.
   我们的争论的确给我们带来了一些耻辱。
6. She dearly loves a bit of scandal.
   她很喜欢中伤别人。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's a scandal for a city official to take tax money for his own use.
   一个市政官员将税款挪为己用是一则丑闻。
2. I heard a bit of scandal about your friend.
   我听到一点儿关于你朋友的流言。
3. His theft from the shop caused scandal in the village.
   他因偷商店的东西引起全村的公愤。
4. A corruption scandals led to the fall of the government.
   一件贪污腐败事件导致政府垮台。

经典引文

• Catholics..could not appear in Protestant assemblies without causing scandal to the weaker brethren

  出自： J. A. Froude

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• create〔cause, give rise to〕 a scandal 引起公愤
• make up a scandal 捏造丑闻

形容词+～

• political scandal 政治丑闻
• public scandal 众所周知的丑闻

～+介词

• scandal about sb 关于某人的丑事
• be a scandal to 是…的耻辱
• to the scandal of 使…为之惊骇,使…不悦

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古法语的scandale；最初源自晚期拉丁语的scandalum，意为过错的原因。

近反义词

【近义词】

• disgrace
• dishonor
• shame

【反义词】

• praise 赞美

派生词

n.(名词)

• scandalous adj. 令人反感的；令人愤慨的