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单词 scandalous
释义
scandalous
adjective
uk
/ˈskæn.dəl.əs/us
/ˈskæn.dəl.əs/
makingpeopleshockedandupset:
令人反感的；令人震惊的
scandalousstories丑闻事件
It'sscandalousthatwe do so little topreventhomelessness.我们无法有效解决流落街头的问题，这真丢脸。
Synonyms
disgraceful
outrageous
shamefuldisapproving
shocking
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • disgrace
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • no goodidiom
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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scandalously
(Definition ofscandalousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscandalous

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This evidence of suchscandalousbehavior demands a wider professional and public audience.
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For them it wasscandalousto speak of ' vision ' in such an ambiguous way.
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When this intention is lost, the notion may become vague and prove incapable of challengingscandalousphenomena.
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And so a part of me feels it isscandalouseven to think that architecture could proceed in ignorance of the social.
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There was talk of somescandalousincident in the sauna, obscene behavior and so forth.
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Given the profound negative impacts of depression and the simplicity of intervention, it isscandalousthat this continues.
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The rejection, more theoretical than practical, of traditional ceremonial touched on gestures symbolizing submission, which were consideredscandalous.
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Those who tell the truth are often regarded as having done somethingscandalous.
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My main complaints, however, must be reserved for the quality of the editing, which is, frankly, nothing short ofscandalous.
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Shame, then, may affect public attitudes to risk, and may intensify public calls that ascandaloussituation should be redressed.
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This letter also suggests that the poem was peculiarly vulnerable to misreadings because of itsscandaloussubject matter.
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In fact, the notion of such medicines had been profoundly influenced by events in 1890 and 1891 that were widely consideredscandalous.
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The later articles against ministers deemed 'scandalous' often focus on conflicts triggered by the ceremonialism attendant upon the new altar policy of the 1630s.
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The military and imperialist virtues were paramount; musical and dramatic abilities were, at worst,scandalousif put on public display.
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In some places, they may even buy special types of urban resident status, albeit atscandalousprices.
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