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| | | | | SUFFIX MAINLY JOURNALISM | | | | | | /geɪt/ | | | | | | | | sometimes used with nouns to make a name for a political scandal , especially one that affects the president or government of the US （有时与名词连用）表示“…丑闻”（尤指与美国总统或美国政府有关的政治丑闻） | | | Word story: -gate | | | | | | From Watergate, a US political scandal in 1972 that caused President Nixon to leave his job. | | | | | | | |