scandal學測 L5KK [ˈskændəl] ｜ /ˈskændəl/
醜聞；醜事·醜聞報導；輿論譁然
時事新聞常見，學測必考詞彙
The politician's scandal became big news, and people at the night market couldn't stop talking about it.
那位政治人物的醜聞成了大新聞，夜市裡的人都在談論不停。
一個畫面：丟石入水泛漣漪
石頭落水醜事突然爆出，讓人一時錯愕
水花四濺眾人議論、輿論一片譁然
漣漪擴散相關報導持續流傳，久久不散
義項
醜事爆出B2noun醜聞；醜事
The politician got into a big scandal, and people got very angry about it.
這位政治人物捲入醜聞，大家看了都非常生氣。
a financial scandal
議論紛紛B2noun醜聞報導；輿論譁然
The news about the politician's scandal was on TV every night, and everyone talked about it.
這位政治人物的醜聞新聞每天都上電視，大家都在討論。
a political scandal
片語
financial scandal帳目爆雷 →財務弊案醜聞
political scandal政壇風暴 →政治圈的醜聞
bribery scandal收賄爆料 →官員收賄的醜聞
你會不會這樣說？
The newspaper reported a big ___ about the politician. (scandal / sandal)
看答案
scandal
scandal 是醜聞，sandal 是拖鞋，兩字拼法只差一個字母。
'The scandal surrounding the politician was on TV every night.' 這裡的 scandal 比較接近哪個意思？(A) 醜聞事件本身 (B) 關於醜聞的報導與議論
看答案
(B)
此句強調新聞持續報導與議論，對應「醜聞報導；輿論譁然」的義項。
字族
scandalous 令人震驚的；可恥的