scandal的意思|scandal的解释-里氏词典

scandal ['skændәl]

n. 丑闻, 中伤, 耻辱, 反感, 流言蜚语

[法] 丑事, 丑闻, 干丑事的人

scandal

[ noun ]

disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

<noun.communication>

a disgraceful event

<noun.event>

Scandal \Scan"dal\, n. [F. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ?, a
snare laid for an enemy, a stumbling block, offense, scandal:
cf. OE. scandle, OF. escandle. See {Slander}.]
1. Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation
called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal,
heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

O, what a scandal is it to our crown,
That two such noble peers as ye should jar! --Shak.

[I] have brought scandal
To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt
In feeble hearts. --Milton.

2. Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory
talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

You must not put another scandal on him. --Shak.

My known virtue is from scandal free. --Dryden.

3. (Equity) Anything alleged in pleading which is
impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which
derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to
good manners. --Daniell.

Syn: Defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium;
reproach; shame; disgrace.

Scandal \Scan"dal\, v. t.
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce;
to slander. [R.]

I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them. --Shak.

2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.

Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate;
asperse; vilify; disgrace.

Italy had a major bribery scandal a decade ago in which a former defense minister and an air force chief were convicted of accepting payoffs from Lockheed, the U.S. aircraft manufacturer.
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper of Munich reported that Wolf had taken refuge in the Soviet Union to avoid possible arrest in connection with a weapons scandal that occurred under the ousted hard-line Communist regime.
Sullivan assured panel members that he is putting the FDA's house in order, restructuring its management and adding resources in the wake of the generic drug fraud and corruption scandal.
Within days after Phoenix pulled out, the Boesky scandal depressed prices of junk bonds and of taxable municipals because of their indirect link through GICs.
The groups inviting me to talk about the press and the scandal have Central America as their focus, and the background of the Iran-contra scandal is familiar to them.
The groups inviting me to talk about the press and the scandal have Central America as their focus, and the background of the Iran-contra scandal is familiar to them.
Jim Bakker, the television evangelist who lost his PTL empire in a sex scandal, was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000 Tuesday for defrauding his followers for his own enrichment.
The 124-year-old firm suffered a major blow to its reputation when it became embroiled in the Ivan Boesky insider trading scandal. Kidder agreed in 1987 to pay a then-record $25.3 million settle civil charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The yen has been under pressure recently because of Japan's relatively low interest rates and as rumors of anotehr stock scandal start to surface.
Takeover activity might be somewhat subdued because of the new, less-attractive tax treatment for these transactions as well as the insider-trading scandal.
Pearlstine credited the Journal's thorough coverage of the scandal for restoring the paper's credibility.
Jimmy Swaggart's first revival outside his home state since he was defrocked in a sex scandal begins tonight, causing painful questions of loyalty for some fellow evangelists.
The scandal was a blow for Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his coalition government.
The scandal forced Kanemaru's mentor, Noboru Takeshita, to resign as prime minister and sidelined most candidates for the succession.
At least seven people have lost their jobs because of alleged roles in the scandal.
"There are more resignations coming," said one Salomon senior executive, who predicted the firm would shrink by a third because of the effects of the scandal.
The special Senate and House committees investigating the Iran-Contra scandal voted to grant limited immunity to three individuals who may provide more details about the affair.
For Bush, it was what he called "a nostalgic return" to RNC headquarters, where he toiled as party chairman during 1973-74 when the Republicans were reeling from the Watergate scandal.
Salomon stock rose 1 7/8 to 29 5/8 yesterday, but remains 19% below prevailing levels in early August, before the Treasury auction bidding scandal surfaced.
He said Neil Bush was not involved in any S&L scandal.
Opposition parties were widely expected to disrupt parliamentary proceedings with demands that Takeshita or other top leaders resign to take responsibility for the involvement of prominent party officials in the scandal.
It meant that instead of answering questions about why Congress didn't prevent the savings and loan scandal, or why it can't balance the budget, lawmakers were in sudden demand as local experts on foreign policy.
There also lurks a rare but potentially lethal threat: the spokesman scandal.
Wallach also is under a racketeering indictment in the Wedtech scandal.
They won. Next.' Midterm by-elections are always difficult, even for governments not mired in real or imagined scandal.
Two defendants on Friday denied bribery charges related to an alleged influence-peddling scandal involving officials and Recruit Co., an information and publishing conglomerate.
By falling down on the job our regulators helped a sin become a scandal and gave the enemies of free markets a sword.
Within minutes of the vote, Takeshita appointed a new finance minister, Tatsuo Murayama, one of the architects of the tax reform. Takeshita had been acting finance minister since Dec. 9, when Miyazawa resigned after being linked to the scandal.
Prime Minister Sousuke Uno promised political reforms Monday following a by-election loss by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has been shaken by scandal after nearly 35 years in power.
"The American people have the right to hear everything involving the savings and loan scandal, and I will not be a party to any closed meetings to hear testimony from those who are responsible for this multi-billion scandal," Annunzio said.

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