| 单词 | scandalous |
| 释义 | scandalous (once / 1310 pages) adj Scandalous describes something that's shocking, and maybe a little embarrassing or even offensive. Your great-grandfather might be a scandalous character in your family history if he was married seven times, each time to younger and younger wives. The adjective scandalous can refer to something morally offensive, or even illegal, although it's used often simply to mean "shocking". It describes something that has potential to cause a scandal, which comes from the Greek skandalon, "a trap laid for an enemy." This idea of a trap or a snare is a great metaphor; you can stumble into scandal as if it's just waiting for you to make a misstep, and if you do the results will be scandalous. WORD FAMILYscandalous: scandalously, scandalousness+/scandal: scandalise, scandalize, scandalous, scandals/scandalise: scandalisation, scandalised, scandalises, scandalising/scandalize: scandalization, scandalized, scandalizes, scandalizing USAGE EXAMPLESIshii's resignation fits with the remarkably common pattern of Japanese CEOs stepping down after a shameful or scandalous incident at the firms they lead. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Maybe a piece of scandalous news will sink a Trump nominee; maybe it won’t. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Referring to Rodchenkov, Putin says claims the allegations stem from "one man with a scandalous reputation". BBC(Dec 08, 2016) adj giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation scandalous behavior Syn disgraceful, shameful, shocking immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
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