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单词 scandalize
释义
scandalize
verb[Toften passive]
(UKusuallyscandalise)
uk
/ˈskæn.dəl.aɪz/us
/ˈskæn.dəl.aɪz/
If you are scandalized by someone'sbehaviour, youdisapproveof it and areshockedby it because youthinkit is againstmorallaws:
（不道德的行为）使震惊，使反感，使愤慨
Thewholecommunitywas scandalized by her secondmarriage.她再次结婚，全社区的人都为之惊骇反感。
Synonyms
appalUK
offend
outrage
shock
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
  • aback
  • amiss
  • appal
  • be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
  • bite
  • gnaw
  • haunt
  • heartbreaker
  • heartbreakingly
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
  • mess
  • nerve
  • sensitivity
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
  • shattering
  • shocker
  • tear
  • toxic
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(Definition ofscandalizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

scandalize| American Dictionary

scandalize
verb[T]
us
/ˈskæn·dəlˌɑɪz/
toshocksomeone with anactionoropinionthoughtof asimmoralorwrong:
Hisnovelscandalizedreaderswith hisdescriptionof Washingtonpowerbrokers.
(Definition ofscandalizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscandalize

scandalize
If the public is scandalized by a social problem, the media may demand that penalties be raised.
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At the time, this image was received favourably, often by those very people who were scandalized by the extent of the scandals uncovered after 1992.
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He hid from his neighbors the cutting that would have scandalized them.
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Those who scandalized the public were condemned to perform a public penance to deter others from committing such intemperances.
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The child discarded the paper in the playground, where it was picked up by a junior mistress, who scandalized, took it to the headmaster.
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Nasiru is scandalized by the wife's behaviour, which had led him to this error.
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When a theatre audience is scandalized by a performance, it often enacts its protest in a highly theatrical way, using catcalls, walkouts, and even fists to express its disapproval.
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That may raise a conflict between freedom of research and other social values, but no-one should be scandalized.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Such stories were rife among the people, whose sense of justice had been scandalized by the whole affair.
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The program of such groups was often self-consciously revolutionary, a determination toscandalizethe bourgeoisie by mocking their culture, sexuality and political moderation.
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Allegations mayscandalizethe court by implication and association when contextually perceived by an average person.
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He soon became the lover of a local woman, an affair which reportedly caused his father to declare himself scandalized.
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Some communist leaders were scandalized by the relationship once it became public.
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Many of the guests are scandalized because she had the nerve to dance with him.
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Much to the surrealists' satisfaction the exhibition scandalized the viewers.
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