scandal
/ˈskændəl/noun
1- an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage丑事, 丑闻：
a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters.
牵涉到他的一个重要支持者的贿赂丑闻。
1.1
- mass noun the outrage or anger caused by such an action or event（由丑闻引起的）反感, 愤慨：
divorce was cause for scandal in the island.
这个岛上离婚会引起公愤。
1.2
- mass noun rumour or malicious gossip about such events or actions流言飞语; 恶意诽谤：
I know that you would want no scandal attached to her name.
我知道你不想让她背个坏名声。
1.3
- in sing. a state of affairs regarded as wrong or reprehensible and causing general public outrage or anger引起公愤的事, 令人愤慨的事：
it's a scandal that many older patients are dismissed as untreatable.
医院以无法治疗为由把许多老年病人拒之门外, 太令人气愤了。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'discredit to religion (by the reprehensible behaviour of a religious person)'）： from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum 'cause of offence', from Greek skandalon 'snare, stumbling block'.