scandals

英 [ˈskændlz]

美 [ˈskændəlz]

n.  丑行; 使人震惊的丑事; 丑闻; 关于丑行的传言(或报道); 可耻的行为(或态度等); 不可原谅的行为(或态度等)
scandal的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 丑行;丑闻
  Ascandalis a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about.
  1. ...a financial scandal.
     金融丑闻
• N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语;关于丑闻的传言;谣言
  Scandalis talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened.
  1. He loved gossip and scandal...
     他喜欢说三道四，散布谣言。
  2. These mothers often abandoned their children because of fear of scandal.
     这些母亲经常会因为害怕流言蜚语而抛弃自己的孩子。
• N-SING 令人气愤的事;不像话的事;可耻的行为
  If you say that something is ascandal, you are angry about it and think that the people responsible for it should be ashamed.
  1. It is a scandal that a person can be stopped for no reason by the police.
     警察能无缘无故拦人，这真是令人愤慨的行径。

双语例句

• It is understandable that recent scandals have enraged the public.
  最近的丑闻激怒了公众，这可以理解。
• Tainted food scandals have caused nationwide concern.
  污染食品丑闻已经引起全国的关注。
• You could see this in the Libor and foreign exchange scandals.
  你可以在伦敦银行同业拆借利率和外汇操控丑闻中看到这种现象。
• A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year.
  去年一连串丑闻和揭露损害了政府的威望。
• Such scandals have not, alas, been absent
  这样的丑事，唉，也不是没有。
• I'm sick of reading headlines involving the Kennedys in sex scandals.
  关于肯尼迪家族性丑闻的新闻标题都让我读得腻烦了。
• Congress's response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists.
  国会对于近期行贿丑闻的回应是给说客强加了琐细的限制条款。
• I hope there are no doping scandals.
  我希望没有兴奋剂丑闻。
• He seemed floored by a string of scandals.
  他似乎被一连串的丑闻搞得茫然失措。
• Both countries have experienced food-related scandals in the past.
  中美两国过去都曾经历过与食品相关的丑闻。