| 单词 | scandalous |
| 释义 | scandalous (skændələs ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking. They would be sacked for criminal or scandalous behaviour. He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence. Synonyms: shocking, disgraceful, outrageous, offensive scandalously adverb [ADVERB with verb] He asked only that Ingrid stop behaving so scandalously. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Scandalous stories or remarks are concerned with the immoral and shocking aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened. Newspaper columns were full of scandalous tales. A jealous colleague could spread scandalous gossip about you. Synonyms: slanderous, gossiping, scurrilous, untrue 3. adjective You can describe something as scandalous if it makes you very angry and you think the people responsible for it should be ashamed. [disapproval] It is absolutely scandalous that a fantastic building like this is just left to rot away. ...a scandalous waste of money. Synonyms: outrageous, shocking, infamous, disgraceful scandalously adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] ...scandalously over-priced Beaujolais Nouveau. Collocations: scandalous behaviour Indeed, her scandalous behaviour was regular front-page news in her own day. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It looks such scandalous behaviour that it seems it would be hard to stick. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Thousands of cancer sufferers could be given the medication they need if this scandalous behaviour stopped. The Sun (2012) Translations: Chinese: 不道德的 Japanese: 恥ずべき |
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