well known for being bad 聲名狼藉的;臭名昭著的 a notorious criminal 惡名昭彰的罪犯 a location made notorious by battles between local gangs 一個因當地幫派爭鬥而臭名昭著的地方 - notorious for something/for doing something
The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions. 這個國家因監獄狀況惡劣而臭名遠揚。 - notorious as something
The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers. 這家酒吧因作爲毒品販子接頭的場所而聲名狼藉。 an area which is notorious as a centre for drug trafficking 一個以販毒中心而聞名的地區
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNotorious is used with these nouns:- case
- crime
- criminal
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘generally known’): from medieval Latin notorius (from Latin notus ‘known’) + -ous.