亚洲网紅露点

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scandal

[ skan-dl ]

noun

  1. a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
  2. an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.
  3. damage to reputation; public disgrace.

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  4. defamatory talk; malicious gossip.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  5. a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.


verb (used with object)

scandaled, scandaling or (especially British) scandalled, scandalling.
  1. British Dialect. to defame (someone) by spreading scandal.
  2. Obsolete. to disgrace.

scandal

/ 藞蝉办忙苍诲蓹濒 /

noun

  1. a disgraceful action or event

    his negligence was a scandal

  2. censure or outrage arising from an action or event
  3. a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace
  4. malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people
  5. law a libellous action or statement
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to disgrace
  2. to scandalize
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉肠补苍诲补濒辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
  • 藞蝉肠补苍诲补濒辞耻蝉, adjective
  • 藞蝉肠补苍诲补濒辞耻蝉ness, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘颈苍顎僫路蝉肠补苍顎卍补濒 noun
  • 蝉耻顎卲别谤路蝉肠补苍顎僤补濒 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scandal1

1175鈥1225; from Late Latin scandalum from Late Greek 蝉办谩苍诲补濒辞苍 鈥渟nare, cause of moral stumbling鈥; replacing Middle English scandle from Old French (north) escandle from Late Latin, as above
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scandal1

C16: from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, from Greek skandalon a trap
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Synonym Study

See gossip.
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Or after a two-year doping scandal, unnecessary egg slap and a criticised weight agreement, should we move on from this family feud?

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But the bloodline rivalry, doping scandal and egg slap all led to their sons, nobody else, standing face-to-face inside a boxing ring.

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The reason President Nixon was reelected after the Watergate scandal became public is that the masses were not willing to believe the truth.

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Benn has since been cleared to fight and denies intentionally doping, but the scandal has tarnished his reputation.

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The White House repeatedly has played down the scandals, claiming no "classified" information was shared with the Atlantic editor in the first chat.

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