scandalize

英 ['skænd(ə)laɪz] 美 ['skændəlaɪz]
  • vt. 使震惊;诽谤;使愤慨

中文词源


scandalize 使震惊,使愤慨

scandal,丑闻,丑事,-ize,使。即使成丑闻,揭露丑闻,引申词义使震惊,使愤慨。

英文词源


scandalize (v.)
late 15c., from Middle French scandaliser (12c.), from Church Latin scandalizare, from late Greek skandalizein "to make to stumble; tempt; give offense to (someone)," from skandalon (see scandal). Originally "make a public scandal of;" sense of "shock by doing something improper" first recorded 1640s. Dryden and Shakespeare use simple scandal as a verb. Related: Scandalized; scandalizing; scandalization.

双语例句


1. We've got to scandalize ourselves for Bill Humble's sake.
为了 比尔·亨伯尔 的缘故,我们不得不出此下策.

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2. Baerenjaeger is a German, amber - colored honey liqueur.
这是一种德国产的琥珀色的蜂蜜甜酒.

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