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scan·dal AHD[skănʹdl] D.J.[ˈskændl]K.K.[ˈskændļ]n.(名词)- A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society:丑闻:带来不光彩或触犯社会道德标准的公开事件:a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.导致市长辞职的毒品丑闻
- A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage:令人愤慨的人:引起或应引起不光彩或愤慨的人、事或情形:a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.政治家不诚实是个令人愤慨的;认为住房短缺是个丢脸的事
- Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.耻辱:由于不道德或极不合适的举动的公开曝光而造成的对其名声或品格的伤害;丢脸
- Talk that is damaging to one's character; malicious gossip.恶意诽谤:讲对某人品质有损的话;恶意的流言蜚语
- French scandale 法语 scandale
- from Old French [cause of sin] 源自 古法语 [犯罪的原因]
- from Latin scandalum [trap, stumbling block, temptation] 源自 拉丁语 scandalum [陷阱,羁绊,诱惑]
- from Greek skandalon * see skand- 源自 希腊语 skandalon * 参见 skand-
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