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scan.dal5skAn7d[ln(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval丑行;丑闻a financial/political/sex scandal [C]财政/政治/性丑闻Nothing sells a newspaper quite like a nice juicy scandal (= one that is unusually shocking and often sexual). [C]没有什么比绘声绘色的桃色丑闻更能让报纸畅销了。The minister was forced to resign after a scandal involving him and another minister's wife. [C]部长先生卷入了和另一位部长的夫人的丑闻以后便被迫辞职了。The company is implicated in the growing scandal surrounding the collapse of the bank. [C]公司与那个围绕着银行倒闭而不断扩大的丑闻有牵连。She was at the centre of a public scandal last year. [C]她是去年一场社会丑闻的中心人物。If there is the slightest suggestion/hint of scandal, the public will no longer trust us. [U]只要有哪怕一丝丑闻的迹象，公众就再也不会信任我们了。Their affair caused/created a scandal in the office. [C]他们两人的风流韵事在办公室里激起轩然大波。The government has done its best to cover up/hush up the scandal. [C]政府竭力掩盖这个丑闻。One of the newspapers uncovered/exposed the scandal. [C]有一家报纸披露了这一丑闻。The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Conservative Party Conference. [C]就在保守党大会开幕的那一刻，这一丑闻暴露了。Scandal is reports about actions or events that cause shock and disapproval.丑闻报道Some magazines contain nothing but scandal and gossip. [U]有些杂志专门发表丑闻报道和小道新闻。Who's been spreading scandal about me? [U]谁在传播有关我的流言蜚语？(humorous) What's the latest scandal then? (= What's the most recent news about people's personal lives?) [U]最近流传些什么风流轶闻？A scandal is also a situation that is shockingly bad.丢脸，耻辱It's a scandal that in such a rich country there are so many beggars on the streets. [C + that clause]真丢脸，在这样富裕的国家里，街上居然有这么多乞丐。The way they treat their children is a scandal. [C]他们这样对待自己的孩子太可耻了。
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