Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —— Fielding
風流韻事與丑聞是品茶聊天時的話題。 —— 菲爾丁
scandal 有很多意思。我們這里來看一下。
1．A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society:
丑聞帶來不光彩或觸犯社會道德標準的公開事件。
例如：
a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.
導致市長辭職的毒品丑聞。
There was a great scandal when we found out that the doctor had been sent to prison for stealing.
我們發(fā)現這位醫(yī)生因偷盜而被送進監(jiān)獄，真是個大丑聞。
2．A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage:
令人憤慨的人引起或應引起不光彩或憤慨的人、事或情形。
例如：
a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.
政治家不誠實是個令人憤慨的；認為住房短缺是個丟臉的事。
3．Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.
恥辱由于不道德或極不合適的舉動的公開曝光而造成的對其名聲或品格的傷害；丟臉。
4．Talk that is damaging to one's character; malicious gossip.
惡意誹謗講對某人品質有損的話；惡意的流言蜚語。
風流韻事與丑聞是品茶聊天時的話題。 —— 菲爾丁
scandal 有很多意思。我們這里來看一下。
1．A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society:
丑聞帶來不光彩或觸犯社會道德標準的公開事件。
例如：
a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.
導致市長辭職的毒品丑聞。
There was a great scandal when we found out that the doctor had been sent to prison for stealing.
我們發(fā)現這位醫(yī)生因偷盜而被送進監(jiān)獄，真是個大丑聞。
2．A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage:
令人憤慨的人引起或應引起不光彩或憤慨的人、事或情形。
例如：
a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.
政治家不誠實是個令人憤慨的；認為住房短缺是個丟臉的事。
3．Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.
恥辱由于不道德或極不合適的舉動的公開曝光而造成的對其名聲或品格的傷害；丟臉。
4．Talk that is damaging to one's character; malicious gossip.
惡意誹謗講對某人品質有損的話；惡意的流言蜚語。