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behaviour or an event that people think is morally or legally wrong and causes public feelings of shock or anger 丑行；使人震惊的丑事；丑闻 a series of sex scandals 一系列性丑闻 to cause/create a scandal 引发丑闻 The scandal broke (= became known to the public) in May. 这桩丑闻是在五月份曝光的。 There has been no hint of scandal during his time in office. 他在任期间没有任何丑闻。 a promising career wrecked by scandal 被丑闻毁掉的有前途的事业
Extra ExamplesIn the wake of recent accounting scandals, new cases have come to light. 继最近几宗会计丑闻之后，又有新案件曝光。 The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre of the scandal. 这套住房是由身处丑闻中心的那家银行付款购买的。 There have been calls for the resignation of the minister involved in the sex scandal. 一直有人呼吁要求牵连进性丑闻的部长辞职。 the prisoner-abuse scandal 虐囚丑闻
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- series
- spate
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- cause
- create
- avoid
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- be brewing
- break
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- in a/the scandal
- scandal over
- the centre/center of a scandal
- a hint of scandal
- a suggestion of scandal
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talk or reports about the very bad or wrong things that people have done or are thought to have done 关于丑行的传言（或报道）；丑闻 to spread scandal 散布丑闻 newspapers full of scandal 充斥丑闻的报纸
Extra ExamplesThe newspapers are full of scandal about her private life. 报上充斥着她的私生活丑闻。 Their relationship attracted a lot of scandal. 他们的关系招来了许多流言蜚语。 She's always trying to stir up scandal. 她总是极力给丑闻煽风点火。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- major
- …
- series
- spate
- wave
- …
- cause
- create
- avoid
- …
- be brewing
- break
- develop
- …
- sheet
- in a/the scandal
- scandal over
- the centre/center of a scandal
- a hint of scandal
- a suggestion of scandal
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an action, attitude, etc. that you think is very wrong and not at all acceptable 可耻的行为（或态度等）；不可原谅的行为（或态度等） - it is a scandal that…
It is a scandal that such a large city has no orchestra. 这么大的城市没有管弦乐队，这是一件丑闻。 The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again. 真正可恨的是，没有采取任何措施确保此类事件不再发生。
- it is a scandal that…
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘discredit to religion, by the immoral behaviour of a religious person’): from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.