•a financial/political/ sex scandal金融／政治／性丑闻

•Their affair caused/created a scandal in the office.他们的风流韵事在办公室里成了丑闻。

•The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Conservative Party Conference.就在保守党大会开幕的那一刻，丑闻爆了出来。

•If there is the slightest suggestion/hint of scandal, the public will no longer trust us.只要有哪怕一丝丑闻，民众就再也不会信任我们。

•Some magazines contain nothing but scandal and gossip.有些杂志专门报道丑闻，散播小道消息。

•to spread scandal散播丑闻

•[+ (that)] It 's a scandal (that) children could be treated in this way.这样对待孩子真是太可耻了。