scandalous
/ˈskandələs/
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scan - da - lous -> scandalous
၁။ (က) [U,C] မကောင်းသတင်း။ အပုပ်နံ့။ The scandal broke (ie became known to the public) in 1994. ❍ attempts to hush up the scandal ❍ A series of corruption scandals led to the fall of the government. (ခ) [U, sing] ဟိုးလေးတကျော်။ Her arrest for theft caused (a) scandal in the village.
၂။ [U] အတင်းအဖျင်း။ မကောင်းသတင်း။ spread scandal ❍ Further scandal concerning the bishop appeared in yesterday's tabloids.
၃။ [sing] ကျော်မကောင်း ကြားမကောင်းစရာ။ It is a scandal that the defendant was declared innocent. ❍ The council's failure to act is a scandal.
❏ scandalize, -ise /'skændǝlaÇz/ v
မျက်စိရှက်စရာ လုပ်ပြသည်။ scandalize the neighbours by sunbathing naked on the lawn.
❏ scandalous /'skændǝlǝs/ adj
၁။ မျက်စိရှက်စရာ။ နားရှက် စရာ။ ကျော်မကောင်း ကြားမကောင်း။ scandalous behaviour/ talk/ pictures ❍ It is scandalous that you were treated so badly.
၂။ မတော်တရော်၊ မကောင်း (သတင်း)။
❏ scandalously adv
မတော်တရော်။ မတန်တဆ။ scandalously low pay.
- A sex scandal
- The company has been damaged by a series of financial scandals.
- [a scandal breaks] : When the scandal broke, many people called for the President’s impeachment.
- [a hint of scandal] : Any further hint of scandal and he’ll be forced to resign.
- He was tired of the endless stream of scandal offered by the tabloid press.
- [scandal of] : The government has failed to deal with the scandal of homelessness.
- [it’s a scandal that] : It’s a scandal that companies can charge so much for phone calls.
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