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scandal n.丑行,丑闻,诽谤,耻辱,流言蜚语 Just because there's a scandal, it doesn't mean it's always true — being seen with your friend's girl? What the gossips didn't know it that you were buying his birthday present. Some scandals, though, involve public figures who have been found guilty. For example, if a politician is found guilty of taking bribes, that's a scandal that will rock your town, causing outrage not to mention the end of that politician's career. ★★★☆☆ 2015.1

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['skænd(ə)l] Scandal is disgraceful events or nasty gossip about people's private lives, like the scandal that erupted when you were seen at the mall with your best friend's girlfriend. But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. 1[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.   [usu with supp]...a financial scandal.金融丑闻2[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。3[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.   [oft N that]  [disapproval]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。

英语单词	scandal
英美音标	['skænd(ə)l]
中文释义	n.丑行,丑闻,诽谤,耻辱,流言蜚语
vocab简明	Scandal is disgraceful events or nasty gossip about people's private lives, like the scandal that erupted when you were seen at the mall with your best friend's girlfriend.
vocab扩展	Just because there's a scandal, it doesn't mean it's always true — being seen with your friend's girl? What the gossips didn't know it that you were buying his birthday present. Some scandals, though, involve public figures who have been found guilty. For example, if a politician is found guilty of taking bribes, that's a scandal that will rock your town, causing outrage not to mention the end of that politician's career.
真题原句	But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [usu with supp] ...a financial scandal. 金融丑闻 2 [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。 3 [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. [oft N that] [disapproval] 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。
来源	2015.1

Scandal Gossip Friend's Found Shocking Immoral Skænd(ə)L N.丑行,丑闻,诽谤,耻辱,流言蜚语