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Scandal
【双语释义】A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about.
C.N. 丑行;丑闻
【典型例句1】The administration was tainted with scandal.
丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
【典型例句2】All references to the scandal were edited out of the tape.
所有涉及这件丑闻的内容都从录音带中删去了。
【典型例句3】The sex scandal finally led to his downfall.
这桩绯闻最终使他身败名裂。
Magnitude
【双语释义】If you talk about the magnitude of something, you are talking about its great size, scale, or importance.
U.C. 巨大；庞大；重要(性)
【典型例句1】An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult.
这么大的手术实施起来十分困难。
【典型例句2】These are issues of great magnitude.
这些问题极为重要。
【典型例句3】No one seems to realize the magnitude of this problem.
似乎没有人意识到这个问题的严重性。
Notorious
【双语释义】To be notorious means to be well-known for something bad.
adj. 声名狼藉的;臭名昭著的;众所周知的
【典型例句1】She told us the story of one of Britain's most notorious country house murders.
她给我们讲述了英国最有名的一起乡村别墅谋杀案。
【典型例句2】His short temper had become notorious.
他的臭脾气是出了名的。
Pariah
【双语释义】social outcast
C.N. 社会的遗弃者; 贱民
【典型例句1】His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
房东太太对待他就像对待危险的罪犯、对待社会弃儿一样。
【典型例句2】Jame Eyer was treated as a pariah by his aunt.
简爱被其舅母视为贱民。
