跟我背CET4核心词汇:scandal

　　scandal

　　n.

　　丑事,丑闻 action, attitude, etc. that is disgraceful or shameful

　　流言蜚语; 闲话; 诽谤 talk about the bad things people are thought to have done; gossip

　　公愤; 反感 public feelings of outrage or indignation

　　同义词

　　n. dirt，malicious gossip，outrage

　　参考例句

　　1. I want the lowdown on that scandal.

　　我要知道那件丑闻的全部内幕。

　　2. The scandal tarnished his reputation.

　　丑闻 败坏 了他的 名誉 。

　　3. Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

　　诽谤是道德制造的乏味的流言。

　　双语释义

　　1.N-COUNT A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about. 丑闻

　　例：...a financial scandal.

　　一桩金融丑闻。

　　2.N-UNCOUNT Scandal is talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someones behaviour or something that has happened. 流言蜚语

　　例：He loved gossip and scandal.

　　他喜欢闲话和流言蜚语。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　The scandal caused tempests in the newspaper.

　　那件丑闻在报纸上引起阵阵风波。

　　The villagers knew about the scandal.

　　村子里的居民知道这件丑事。

　　This scandal may topple the government.

　　这桩丑闻有可能使政府垮台。

　　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。

　　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。

　　She dearly loves a bit of scandal.

　　她很喜欢中伤别人。