Word
scandal
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/'skændl/
n 冒犯或引起反感的行动;流言,诽谤
记忆: scan(扫描) + dal → 扫描时事, 揭露丑闻 → 丑事, 丑闻
例句:He loved gossip and scandal.(他喜欢闲话和流言蜚语。)
派生:scandalous;scandalously;scandalmonger;scandalize;scandalise
短语:sex scandal;watergate scandal
同近:tale;personalities