[N-COUNT 可数名词]丑行；丑闻 A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about.
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...a financial scandal.
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]流言蜚语；关于丑闻的传言；谣言Scandal is talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened.
He loved gossip and scandal...
他喜欢说三道四，散布谣言。
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。
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[N-SING 单数名词]令人气愤的事；不像话的事；可耻的行为 If you say that something is a scandal, you are angry about it and think that the people responsible for it should be ashamed.
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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。
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scan·dal/ˈskændl; NAmEˈskændl/noun1[countable , uncountable ]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 scandalduring his time in office. 他在任期间没有任何丑闻。2[uncountable ]talk or reports about the shocking or immoral 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3[singular ]scandal(that…) an action, attitude, etc. that you think is shocking 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）SYN
disgrace
◆It is a scandal thatsuch a large town has no orchestra. 这么大一座城市，竟然没有一支管弦乐队，真是说不过去。scandalscandalsscan·dal/ˈskændl; NAmEˈskændl/
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scandalscan‧dal /ˈskændl/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] an event in which someone, especially someone important, behaves in a bad way that shocks people: It caused quite a scandal when he left his wife. The college has recently been involved in a drugs scandal. He has been at the centre of a political scandal. a major scandal involving the government a series of financial scandals a sex scandal that ruined his reputation They had already left the country when the scandal broke.2[uncountable] talk about dishonest or immoral things that famous or important people are believed to have done: The magazine is full of gossip and scandal.3be a scandal British English spoken to be very shocking or unacceptable: The price of petrol these days is an absolute scandal!COLLOCATIONSverbscause a scandal· The vicar caused a scandal by having an affair with a young woman.be involved in a scandal· A senior government official is involved in a political scandal.be implicated in a scandal (=be suspected of being involved)· One of the ministers implicated in the scandal resigned.be at the centre of a scandal British English, be at the center of a scandal American English· The banker at the centre of the scandal has disappeared.uncover/expose a scandal· The scandal was uncovered by a journalist.a scandal breaks (=becomes known)· When the scandal broke in 1990, it forced the resignation of the bank's chairman.a scandal erupts (=becomes known with serious effects)· A major scandal erupted in Washington last year.the scandal surrounding something· They had tried to protect the prime minster from the scandal surrounding the arms sales.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + scandala big/major scandal· The president was forced to resign following a major scandal.a financial scandal (=involving money)· He was suspected of involvement in a major financial scandal.a political scandal (=involving politicians)· The Health Secretary now finds himself at the centre of a political scandal.a corruption scandal (=involving illegal payments)· a major police corruption scandala sex scandal· There are rumours of a sex scandal involving senior government ministers.a public scandal (=one that people know about and discuss)· The award was soon the centre of a public scandal.the Watergate/Whitewater etc scandal (=the scandal involving a particular place, organization etc)· The name of Richard Nixon will forever be associated with the Watergate scandal.the worst scandal (=the biggest or most shocking)· Total losses resulting from India's worst financial scandal amounted to Rs31,000 million.phrasesa hint/whiff of scandal (=the suggestion that someone may be involved in a scandal)· He vowed that no hint of scandal would ever be attached to him.
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