| 单词 | scandal |
| 释义 | scandal (once / 230 pages) n Scandal is disgraceful events or nasty gossip about people's private lives, like the scandal that erupted when you were seen at the mall with your best friend's girlfriend. Just because there's a scandal, it doesn't mean it's always true — being seen with your friend's girl? What the gossips didn't know it that you were buying his birthday present. Some scandals, though, involve public figures who have been found guilty. For example, if a politician is found guilty of taking bribes, that's a scandal that will rock your town, causing outrage not to mention the end of that politician's career. WORD FAMILYscandal: scandalise, scandalize, scandalous, scandals+/scandalise: scandalisation, scandalised, scandalises, scandalising/scandalize: scandalization, scandalized, scandalizes, scandalizing/scandalous: scandalously, scandalousness USAGE EXAMPLESSouth Korea’s Parliament voted on Dec. 9 to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The nation’s full Constitutional Court will begin formal hearings on Tuesday into the case, the biggest influence-peddling scandal in South Korea’s history. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament last month voted to remove Park over a corruption scandal. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a disgraceful event Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper outrage Teapot Dome scandal a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration Watergate scandala political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard a scandal that is kept secret trouble an event causing distress or pain 2n disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people Syn|Hyper dirt, malicious gossip comment, gossip, scuttlebutt a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people |
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