单词 | scandal |
释义 | scandal n.   1. a a thing or a person causing general public outrage or indignation. b the outrage etc. so caused, esp. as a subject of common talk. c malicious gossip or backbiting.   2. Law a public affront, esp. an irrelevant abusive statement in court. Phrases and idioms scandal sheet derog. a newspaper etc. giving prominence to esp. malicious gossip. Derivatives scandalous adj. scandalously adv. scandalousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF scandale f. eccl.L scandalum f. Gk skandalon snare, stumbling-block |
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