notoriety

英 [ˌnəʊtəˈraɪəti]

美 [ˌnoʊtəˈraɪəti]

n.  恶名; 坏名声

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.15047 / COCA.12965

牛津词典

noun

• 恶名；坏名声
  fame for being bad in some way
  1. She achieved notoriety for her affair with the senator.
     她因为和参议员的风流韵事而声名狼藉。
  2. He gained a certain notoriety as a gambler.
     他落了个赌徒的恶名。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 声名狼藉;臭名昭著
  To achievenotorietymeans to become well-known for something bad.
  1. He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.
     他因在水门事件中担任尼克松总统的首席法律顾问而声名狼藉。
  2. ...Christian Lacroix, who gained notoriety as one of Paris's most flamboyant dress designers in the 1980s.
     20世纪80年代作为巴黎最大胆出位、夸张惹眼的服装设计师之一而人尽皆知的克里斯蒂安·拉克鲁瓦

英英释义

noun

• the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  Synonym:ill fame

双语例句

• So I began to ask God what he wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, 2 Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
  于是我开始问上帝想让我用这些钱、名声和影响做什么，他给了我两条不同的道路：哥林多后书9章和诗篇72章。
• Peek and his father, Fran, used Kim's notoriety to campaign for the disabled. They produced a book called The Life and Message of the Real Rain Man.
  Peek和他的爸爸Fran利用Peek的名声为残疾人发起了一场活动，他们写了一本书叫真实的雨人的生活和消息。
• His notoriety didn't come until his death.
  他的恶名是他死后才传开的。
• At first he was bashful about the notoriety which the newspaper caused.
  最初他对报纸给他引起的狼藉名声感到很害羞。
• I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
  我不认为上帝给你钱和名就会让你过得轻省。
• Though fame eluded her in life, she gained swift notoriety after her death.
  尽管在她活着的时候名望与她无缘，死后却很快出了名。
• But its notoriety helped Degas to sell the work to an English collector called Captain Hill from Brighton.
  可是它背负的恶名使德加只好把画卖给了来自布莱顿的英国收藏家希尔上尉。
• 'He wants notoriety and glory, but he can't accept money,'she says.
  “他想出名，但他不会接受金钱，”柏林格说。
• China's Wei Shengchu gains notoriety for most acupuncture needles in the head and face.
  中国的韦生楚用最多数量的针灸用的银针扎满了自己的头和脸，因而声名远扬。
• My creator's notoriety came not just from his genius but also from his prescience.
  我的主人是一个科学天才和先知，但也因此而“恶名昭著”。