【跟着英剧练发音】Sherlock S2E1-3

 M: She’s been at the centre of two political scandals¹ in the last year, and recently ended the marriage of a prominent novelist by having an affair with both participants separately.

S: You know I don’t concern myself with trivia. Who is she?

M: Irene Adler, professionally known as The Woman.

J: Professionally?

M: There are many names for what she does. She prefers ‘dominatrix’.

1 scandals   

丑事( scandal的名词复数 )； 流言蜚语； 闲话； 诽谤

参考例句：

• Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures. 最近的金融丑闻使得议会程序必须改革。
• a series of sex scandals 一系列性丑闻