1 [C,U] an action, a situation or behaviour that shocks people; the public feeling that is caused by such behaviour 令人震惊的行为或情况;丑闻;公愤:
The chairman resigned after being involved in a financial scandal.主席卷入一宗财务丑闻,结果辞职了。There was no suggestion of scandal in his private life.他的私生活与丑闻完全沾不上边儿。The poor state of school buildings is a real scandal.不少学校的校舍日久失修,情况令人震惊。
2 [U] talk about sth bad or wrong that sb has or may have done 流言蜚语;闲话;坏话:
to spread scandal about sb散布有关某人的流言
scandal/ˋskændḷ; ˈskændl/n 1 [C] something dishonest or immoral that a famous or important person does which shocks a lot of people〔知名人士的〕丑闻﹐丑事: financial/political/sexual etc scandal He was involved in a major financial scandal. 他卷入了一桩重大的金融丑闻。2 [U] talk about dishonest or immoral things that famous or important people are believed to have done 关于丑闻的传言: The magazine is full of gossip and scandal. 这本杂志全是一些大小八卦和丑闻的报道。
scandalscandalscandalsnoun1(pluralscandals) something that shocks people and makes them talk about it because they think it is bad: a sex scandal2(no plural) unkind talk about somebody that gives you a bad idea of them