Scandal



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解释

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• n. 丑闻; 恶意诽谤
• ［英］ n. 丑闻;恶意诽谤 ( malicious or defamatory gossip)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, offense, from Greek skandalon trap, stumbling block, offense; akin to Latin scandere to climb
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. discredit brought upon religion by unseemly conduct in a religious person
  • b. conduct that causes or encourages a lapse of faith or of religious obedience in another
• 2. loss of or damage to reputation caused by actual or apparent violation of morality or propriety ; disgrace
• 3.
  • a. a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it
  • b. a person whose conduct offends propriety or morality <a scandal to the profession>
• 4. malicious or defamatory gossip
• 5. indignation, chagrin, or bewilderment brought about by a flagrant violation of morality, propriety, or religious opinion
• Synonyms: see offense

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1592
• 1. obsolete disgrace
• 2. chiefly dialect defame, slander

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