scandal

单词scandal

基本解释

n.: 丑闻；丑行；使人震惊的丑事；关于丑行的传言（或报道）
网络: 流言蜚语；耻辱；诽谤

权威解释

• 丑行；使人震惊的丑事；丑闻:

  behaviour or an event that people think is morally or legally wrong and causes public feelings of shock or anger

• 关于丑行的传言（或报道）；丑闻:

  talk or reports about the shocking or immoral things that people have done or are thought to have done

• 可耻的行为（或态度等）；不可原谅的行为（或态度等）:

  an action, attitude, etc. that you think is shocking and not at all acceptable

英汉解释

• 讲...坏话

• 风流韵事

• (社会上的)反感,物议,诽谤,诋毁

• 反感;公愤;非常生气

• 恶名,闲话,谣言,流言,流言蜚语

• 丑闻;丑名;丑事,丑行,丢脸的事件;舞弊案件;耻辱

词性分析

• 复数：scandals

单词搭配

• v.+n.:

  avoid scandal,cause scandal,create scandal

• adj.+n.:

  major scandal

同义词

n.disgraceshamedishonourdishonorhumiliation

反义词

n.repute

例句

• If it misses this opportunity, Wall Street may never emerge from the dark cloud of scandal.

  若纽约证交所错失这个机会，华尔街也许将再也无法走出丑闻造成的阴霾。

• Gambling with Russian roulette if ever I saw it! That paper wants scandal and they haven"t signed him up for him to talk about his horses.

  那种报纸喜欢“挖”花边消息，他们还没和欧文签约时总是谈论他赌马的事情。

• The FBI is investigating the scandal and the Senate is to look at proposed legislation that would make it a crime to use webcams for spying.

  FBI正在调查这件丑闻，参议院也准备立法来给利用摄像头的间谍行为定罪。

• So the next time you see a celebrity or political sex scandal in the news, there"s a chance they might have been using . . .

  如果下次新闻又爆料哪位名人或政客的性丑闻，他们也许正在使用······

• Mr Yung"s daughter, Frances, then listed as the company"s "director, group finance" , was demoted for her role in the scandal.

  荣智健的女儿荣明方（FrancesYung）因其在丑闻中所扮演的角色而被降级。当时她被列为中信泰富的“集团财务部董事”。

• Meanwhile, the media scandal that was " Antennagate" appeared to have no effect on sales at all.

  与此同时，看来“天线门”事件没有对销售造成任何影响。

• Murdoch said the bugging scandal of the things he should not be responsible for his trust in those who should be held accountable.

  默多克称，窃听丑闻之事不应由他来负责，他信任的那些人应该承担责任。

• The state of her marriage was the subject of considerable speculation following the Lewinsky scandal in 1998.

  1998年继莱温斯基丑闻之后她的婚姻状态成为热门炒作话题。

• The UK expelled an Israeli diplomat as a result of the scandal, Miliband said. He did not name the diplomat or say what rank the envoy held.

  米利班德说，由于这项丑闻，英国已经驱逐了一名以色列外交官。他并没有指出这名外交官的名字，也没有说这名使节的职位。

• Mr. Berlusconi is hoping for a strong victory in the elections that will show that the scandal is not affecting him politically.

  贝卢斯科尼希望藉由在选举中大胜，将能显示丑闻对他没有政治影响。