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.