scandal

scandal /'skændl/
  • danh từ
    • việc xúc phạm đến công chúng; việc làm cho công chúng phẫn nộ; việc xấu xa; việc nhục nhã
      • it is a scandal that such things should be possible: để xảy ra những việc như thế thật là xấu xa
      • a great scandal occurred: một việc làm cho công chúng phẫn nộ đã xảy ra
    • sự gièm pha, sự nói xấu, sự nói sau lưng
    • (pháp lý) sự phỉ báng; lời thoá mạ (ở toà án)
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 vụ tai tiếng

Xem thêm: dirt, malicious gossip, outrage



scandal

Từ điển Collocation

scandal noun

ADJ. big, great, major | fresh | national, public | bribery, corruption, drug/drugs, financial, political, sex/sexual

QUANT. series The government was rocked by a series of scandals.

VERB + SCANDAL cause, create | expose, reveal, uncover | be embroiled in, be implicated in, be involved in, be mixed up in There have been calls for the resignation of the minister involved in the sex scandal. | be rocked by | attract Their relationship attracted a lot of scandal. | spread, stir up She's always trying to stir up scandal. | cover up, hush up

SCANDAL + VERB break, develop, erupt The scandal broke on the front pages of all the papers the next day. | involve sb/sth | surround sb/sth financial scandals surrounding the government

PREP. in a/the ~ He was imprisoned for his part in the bribery scandal. | ~ over the scandals over corruption in public life

PHRASES the centre of a scandal The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre of the scandal. | a hint/suggestion of scandal Until the story was published there had been no hint of scandal.

Từ điển WordNet

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

scandals
syn.: disgrace humiliation shame slander
ant.: praise