scandal
scandal 英 [ˈskændl] 美 [ˈskændl]
n. 丑闻；流言蜚语；诽谤；公愤
名词复数:scandals
- Scandal is disgraceful events or nasty gossip about people's private lives, like the scandal that erupted when you were seen at the mall with your best friend's girlfriend.
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- n. 丑闻；流言蜚语；诽谤；公愤
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1. He could not but cough up his political scandal.
他迫不得已只好吐露出他的政治丑闻。
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2. The political scandal tarnished the reputation of the president.
这起政治丑闻败坏了总统的名誉。
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3. This scandal may well bring the president down at the next election.
这件丑闻也许会使总统在下次选举中失败。
- scandal (n.) 1580s, "discredit caused by irreligious conduct," from Middle French scandale (12c.), from Late Latin scandalum "cause for offense, stumbling block, temptation," from Greek skandalon "a trap or snare laid for an enemy," in New Testament, metaphorically as "a stumbling block, offense;" originally "trap with a springing device," from PIE *skand- "to leap, climb" (see scan (v.); also see slander (n.), which is another form of the same word).
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