scandalize
/ˈskændəlaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj.
1
- shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality使反感, 使愤慨; 使震惊：
their lack of manners scandalized their hosts.
他们的无礼使主人吃了一惊。
2
- Sailing reduce the area of (a sail) by lowering the head or raising the boom【航海】减小（风帆的）面积。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: alteration of obsolete scantelize, from scantle 'make small'.
词源
late 15th cent. （in the sense 'make a public scandal of'）： from French scandaliser or ecclesiastical Latin scandalizare, from Greek skandalizein.