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scandals的意思_音标_例句

Scandals

音标:英 /ˈskændlz/,美 /ˈskændlz/

基本释义

n. 丑闻;丑事;流言蜚语(scandal 的复数形式)。指因不道德、不光彩或违法的行为引发公众震惊或谴责的事件,也可表示关于他人隐私或过失的恶意传言。

动词含义:在英式英语中可作动词,意为“诋毁;诽谤”,但此用法较少见,通常以名词形式为主。

用法与搭配

常见短语

corporate scandals 公司丑闻(如财务舞弊、管理层腐败等)

financial scandals 财务丑闻(涉及资金挪用、造假账等行为)

political scandals 政治丑闻(如权力滥用、选举舞弊等)

sex scandal 性丑闻;桃色新闻(涉及公众人物的私生活争议)

Watergate scandal 水门事件(美国历史上著名的政治丑闻,导致尼克松总统辞职)

动词搭配

create/give rise to a scandal 引发丑闻

expose a scandal 揭露丑闻

cover up a scandal 掩盖丑闻

tarnish sb.’s reputation with a scandal 因丑闻玷污某人声誉

例句

A string of scandals is obsessing America.(一系列丑闻正困扰着美国。)

The country was rocked by a series of political scandals.(一连串的政治丑闻震惊全国。)

This scandal may topple the government.(这桩丑闻可能导致政府垮台。)

Frequent scandals deprived the politician of his popularity.(频繁的丑闻使这位政客失去了公众支持。)

His reputation was permanently tainted by the financial scandal.(财务丑闻让他终身声名狼藉。)

The scandal befouled his previously spotless image.(这桩丑闻玷污了他原本清白的形象。)

By this time, a series of scandals had severely tarnished the candidate’s image.(此时,一连串丑闻已严重损害了候选人的形象。)

Such scandals have not, alas, been absent.(唉,这样的丑闻并非没有发生过。)

The villagers knew about the scandal but kept it secret.(村民们知道这件丑事,却选择保密。)

The Salt Lake City Olympic bidding scandal triggered reforms in the IOC.(盐湖城申奥丑闻促使国际奥委会进行改革。)

注意事项

可数性:作为“丑闻事件”时为可数名词,如 a scandal(一桩丑闻)、multiple scandals(多桩丑闻);表示“流言蜚语”时为不可数名词,如 spread scandal(散布谣言)。

情感色彩:通常含负面含义,强调事件的不道德性或对公众信任的破坏。

文化背景

“Scandals”在社会监督中扮演重要角色。例如,水门事件(Watergate scandal)推动了美国对政府权力的制衡改革,而企业丑闻(如安然事件)则促使更严格的财务监管法规出台。然而,过度聚焦丑闻也可能引发“舆论审判”,掩盖更紧迫的社会议题。

你如何看待丑闻在社会变革中的作用?是监督利器还是舆论狂欢的工具?

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