gain/win/achieve notoriety (for something)• This bloody action-comedy achieved notoriety because writer / director Robert Rodriguez made the film without studio help on a minuscule budget.• He achieved notoriety in the first final by turning up ten minutes late for the start.• For nearly 300 years it achieved notoriety for its privatemadhouses.• Nilsen gained notoriety a decade ago at the so-called house of horror in NorthLondon.• Some slogansachieve notoriety for being inappropriate, and are swiftly proved as such by events.• The only reason we did it was to gain notoriety.• And others will gain notoriety for how fiercely wild their machinery is.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + NOTORIETY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤a certain, considerable某種惡名;相當大的惡名▸➤international, public國際上的惡名;臭名昭彰VERB + NOTORIETY➤have有惡名▸➤achieve, earn, gain得到惡名◇He achieved sudden notoriety when the details of his private life were revealed.私生活的細節曝光後,他一下子變得臭名昭著。➤bring帶來惡名PREPOSITION➤notoriety for因⋯而聲名狼藉◇This make of car has a certain notoriety for rust problems.這種型號的汽車因生銹問題而聲名狼藉。