notorious
adjective /nəʊˈtɔːriəs/
/nəʊˈtɔːriəs/
- well known for being bad
声名狼藉的；臭名昭著的 - a notorious criminal
恶名昭彰的罪犯 - a location made notorious by battles between local gangs
一个因当地帮派争斗而臭名昭著的地方 - notorious for something/for doing something The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.
这个国家因监狱状况恶劣而臭名远扬。 - notorious as something The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.
这家酒吧因作为毒品贩子接头的场所而声名狼藉。 - an area which is notorious as a centre for drug trafficking
一个以贩毒中心而闻名的地区
Collocations DictionaryNotorious is used with these nouns:- case
- crime
- criminal
- …
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘generally known’): from medieval Latin notorius (from Latin notus ‘known’) + -ous. - a notorious criminal