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scandal
Word family
scan·dal /ˈskændl/ ●●○ noun
1 [countableC]RUMOUR/RUMOR an event in which someone, especially someone important, behaves in a bad way that shocks people 〔尤指牵涉重要人物的〕丑闻，丑事
2 [uncountableU] talk about dishonest or immoral things that famous or important people are believed to have done 关于丑闻的言谈
3 be a scandal British EnglishBrE spokenSHOCK to be very shocking or unacceptable 令人震惊；不能接受
Examples from the Corpus
be a scandal• A free for all was a scandal.• Employment training in Britain is a scandal and is often run by Government-appointed has-beens from industry accountable to no-one.• For the first Christians to claim this as the heart of their faith was a scandal of the first order.• The marriage was a scandal in Seoul.• A bug for efficiency, he felt that the waste of money and effort on doomed irrigation ventures was a scandal.• I mean the wages are a scandal, aren't they?• Like the poll tax, the consequences will be a scandal.• The Shadow Agriculture Minister says privatisation would be a scandal and could threaten jobs in the timber industry.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
cause a scandal
The vicar caused a scandal by having an affair with a young woman.
be involved in a scandal
A senior government official is involved in a political scandal.
be implicated in a scandal (=be suspected of being involved)
One of the ministers implicated in the scandal resigned.
be at the centre of a scandal British EnglishBrE, be at the center of a scandal American EnglishAmE
The banker at the centre of the scandal has disappeared.
uncover/expose a scandal
The scandal was uncovered by a journalist.
a scandal breaks (=becomes known)
When the scandal broke in 1990, it forced the resignation of the bank's chairman.
a scandal erupts (=becomes known with serious effects)
A major scandal erupted in Washington last year.
the scandal surrounding something
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + scandal They had tried to protect the prime minster from the scandal surrounding the arms sales.
a big/major scandal
The president was forced to resign following a major scandal.
a financial scandal (=involving money)
He was suspected of involvement in a major financial scandal.
a political scandal (=involving politicians)
The Health Secretary now finds himself at the centre of a political scandal.
a corruption scandal (=involving illegal payments)
a major police corruption scandal
a sex scandal
There are rumours of a sex scandal involving senior government ministers.
a public scandal (=one that people know about and discuss)
The award was soon the centre of a public scandal.
the Watergate/Whitewater etc scandal (=the scandal involving a particular place, organization etc)
The name of Richard Nixon will forever be associated with the Watergate scandal.
the worst scandal (=the biggest or most shocking)
phrasesTotal losses resulting from India's worst financial scandal amounted to Rs31,000 million.
a hint/whiff of scandal (=the suggestion that someone may be involved in a scandal)
He vowed that no hint of scandal would ever be attached to him.
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scandal• The newspapers only seem interested in gossip and scandal.• What I did not anticipate was that this would prove to be a matter as much of intrigue and scandal as of science.• The administration has been plagued by scandal and controversy.• There were a number of corporate scandals, mostly involving illegal political funding.• Another well-documented scandal has been the sale of unsuitable or dangerous medicines in the Third World.• a financial scandal• The funding scandal now looks set to run and run.• Have you heard the latest scandal? Mick Green's been arrested for bribery and corruption.• A major scandal erupted in November 1989, with the discovery that cattle in the UK and Netherlands had been given food contaminated with lead.• He vowed that no hint of scandal would ever be attached to him.• And she will do anything to avoid another royal scandal - even if it means not seeing Charles while speculation persists.• a sex scandal involving senior politicians• But he was a bit of a womaniser and got mixed up in some scandal.• the worst spy scandal in US history• He resigned a few days after the scandal broke.• The scandal over the deal forced the corporation's president to resign in disgrace.
scandal broke• In the last days of 1990 a new scandal broke.• For some days after the scandal broke, the press could find out nothing about him.• Jameson lost his job and split up with his wife after the scandal broke.• He was summarily dismissed from his job and the scandal broke on the front pages of Britain's national press.• Casey died of a brain tumor before the scandal broke.• Ever since the scandal broke, the hunt has been on for scapegoats.
(1100-1200) Late Latin scandalum “offense”, from Greek skandalon
scan·dal noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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