scandal
scandal
noun
noun
- an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage
丑事，丑闻
a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters.
牵涉到他的一个重要支持者的贿赂丑闻。
■[mass noun]the outrage or anger caused by such an action or event
（由丑闻引起的）反感，愤慨
divorce was cause for scandal in the island.
这个岛上离婚会引起公愤。
■[mass noun]rumour or malicious gossip about such events or actions
流言飞语；恶意诽谤
I know that you would want no scandal attached to her name.
我知道你不想让她背个坏名声。
■[in sing.]a state of affairs regarded as wrong or reprehensible and causing general public outrage or anger
引起公愤的事，令人愤慨的事
it's a scandal that many older patients are dismissed as untreatable.
医院以无法治疗为由把许多老年病人拒之门外，太不像话了。
- Middle English (in the sense 'discredit to religion (by the reprehensible behaviour of a religious person'): from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum 'cause of offence', from Greek skandalon 'snare, stumbling block'
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