N-COUNT 丑行;丑闻 A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about.
...a financial scandal. 金融丑闻
N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语;关于丑闻的传言;谣言 Scandal is talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened.
He loved gossip and scandal... 他喜欢说三道四,散布谣言。
These mothers often abandoned their children because of fear of scandal. 这些母亲经常会因为害怕流言蜚语而抛弃自己的孩子。
N-SING 令人气愤的事;不像话的事;可耻的行为 If you say that something is a scandal, you are angry about it and think that the people responsible for it should be ashamed.
It is a scandal that a person can be stopped for no reason by the police. 警察能无缘无故拦人,这真是令人愤慨的行径。