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

• National scandals have increased public awareness about the effects of bribery.
  全国性的丑闻已经使公众提高对贿赂的警惕。
• But some things have been surprisingly unaffected by the backlash against corporate scandals.
  不过，令人惊异的是，对公司丑闻的强烈反对并没有影响到某些事情的发展。
• Tainted food scandals have caused nationwide concern.
  污染食品丑闻已经引起全国的关注。
• A series of scandals caused the company to fall.
  一连串丑闻使得这个公司垮台。
• 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。
• I hope there are no doping scandals.
  我希望没有兴奋剂丑闻。
• Flaws in the system have created a breeding ground for financial scandals
  体制中存在的缺陷为金融丑闻的出现提供了土壤。
• 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 food scandals have shaken consumer trust and spurred outcries and protests.
  此类食品丑闻动摇了消费者的信心，引发了强烈的不满和抗议。
• Such scandals have not, alas, been absent
  这样的丑事，唉，也不是没有。