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scandal/ˈskænd(ə)l/n. 1a a thing or a person causing general public outrage or indignation 丑事；丑闻，丑行；干出丑事的人 b the outrage etc. so caused, esp. as a subject of common talk (尤指对遭众人非议之事所产生的)反感；愤慨 c malicious gossip or backbiting 恶意诽谤；背后诋毁 2 Law a public affront, esp. an irrelevant abusive statement in court 【法律】公然侮辱，(尤指法庭上与案件无关的)谩骂性陈述 □ scandalous adj.□ scandalously adv.□ scandalousness n.[earlier = an obstacle to faith, discredit to religion from the bad behaviour of a religious person: Middle English via Old French scandale and ecclesiastical Latin scandalum from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’] |