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

• 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 string of scandals is obsessing America
  美国正被一系列丑闻所困扰。
• The fact that these scandals are now public is testament to the relative openness of America's government.
  这些丑闻如今公之于众的事实说明了美国政府的相对透明。
• A series of scandals caused the company to fall.
  一连串丑闻使得这个公司垮台。
• I hope there are no doping scandals.
  我希望没有兴奋剂丑闻。
• Food-related scandals, often exacerbated by official negligence or corruption, can cause major political embarrassment in China.
  与食品相关的绯闻，经常因地方官员的疏忽或腐败而恶化，在中国会导致重大的政治丑闻。
• 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。
• The reaction to scandals on a national and international scale has strengthened the progress of ethics.
  一个国家和国际社会对于丑闻的反应促进了伦理的进步。
• Such scandals have not, alas, been absent
  这样的丑事，唉，也不是没有。
• He failed to comprehend the import of village scandals and tragedies.
  他没有认识到乡村丑闻和悲剧的重要性。