well known for being bad 声名狼藉的;臭名昭著的 a notorious criminal 恶名昭彰的罪犯 a location made notorious by battles between local gangs 一个因当地帮派争斗而臭名昭著的地方 - notorious for something/for doing something
The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions. 这个国家因监狱状况恶劣而臭名远扬。 - notorious as something
The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers. 这家酒吧因作为毒品贩子接头的场所而声名狼藉。 an area which is notorious as a centre for drug trafficking 一个以贩毒中心而闻名的地区
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.