2N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语;关于丑闻的传言;谣言Scandal is talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened. 流言蜚语;关于丑闻的传言;谣言
He loved gossip and scandal.
他喜欢说三道四,散布谣言。
These mothers often abandoned their children because of fear of scandal.
3N-SING [oft NOUN that]令人气愤的事;不像话的事;可耻的行为 If you say that something is a scandal, you are angry about it and think that the people responsible for it should be ashamed. 令人气愤的事;不像话的事;可耻的行为 [disapproval]
It is a scandal that a person can be stopped for no reason by the police.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SCANDALS | VERB + SCANDAL | SCANDAL + VERB | SCANDAL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, great, major大醜聞;重大醜聞➤current, recent當前的/近期的醜聞▸➤national, public全國皆知的/眾所周知的醜聞▸➤abuse, accounting, bribery, corporate, corruption, doping, drug, drugs, financial, political, sex, sexual虐待醜聞;會計造假;賄賂醜聞;公司醜聞;腐敗醜聞;興奮劑醜聞;毒品醜聞;金融醜聞;政治醜聞;性醜聞◇a sex-abuse scandal性虐待醜聞◇the prisoner-abuse scandal虐囚醜聞➤real真正的可恥行為◇The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again.真正可恨的是,沒有採取任何措施確保此類事件不再發生。... OF SCANDALS➤series, spate, wave一連串的/接二連三的/一波接一波的醜聞◇The government was rocked by a series of scandals.政府因一連串醜聞受到震動。VERB + SCANDAL➤cause, create導致/引起醜聞➤avoid, prevent避免/防止醜聞➤investigate調查醜聞▸➤expose, reveal, uncover使醜聞曝光;透露醜聞;揭露醜聞▸➤cover up, hush up掩蓋/遮掩醜聞▸➤be embroiled in, be implicated in, be involved in捲入醜聞;被牽連進醜聞◇There have been calls for the resignation of the official involved in the sex scandal.有呼聲要求捲入性醜聞的官員辭職。SCANDAL + VERB➤be brewing, break, develop, erupt, unfold醜聞醞釀/曝光/顯露/爆出/披露◇The scandal broke on the front pages of all the papers the next day.第二天所有報紙的頭版都披露了這一醜聞。➤rock sth醜聞撼動⋯▸➤involve sb/sth將⋯捲入醜聞▸➤engulf sb/sth, surround sb/sth醜聞吞沒⋯/包圍⋯◇financial scandals surrounding the government困擾政府的金融醜聞SCANDAL + NOUN➤sheet (= a newspaper that publishes stories intended to shock the public)刊登醜聞的小報PREPOSITION➤in a/the scandal在醜聞中◇He was imprisoned for his part in the bribery scandal.他因牽涉賄賂醜聞而入獄。➤scandal over對⋯的反感◇the scandals over corruption in public life公務腐敗引起的憤慨PHRASES➤the centre/center of a scandal醜聞的中心◇The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre / center of the scandal.這套公寓是由身處醜聞中心的那家銀行付款購買的。➤a hint of scandal, a suggestion of scandal醜聞的跡象◇Until the story was published there had been no hint of scandal.這宗醜聞在公開報道之前沒有露出半點兒跡象。➤in the wake of a scandal醜聞曝光後◇In the wake of recent accounting scandals, new cases have come to light.繼最近幾宗會計醜聞之後,又有新案件曝光。