Watergate
/ˈwɔːtəgeɪt/- a US political scandal in which an attempt to bug the national headquarters of the Democratic Party (in the Watergate building in Washington DC) led to the resignation of President Nixon (1974).水门事件, 水门丑闻（美国政治丑闻, 试图对位于华盛顿特区水门大厦的民主党总部进行窃听, 此事暴露后导致尼克松总统辞职 [1974]）。