Watergate
/ˈwɔːtəɡeɪt/
/ˈwɔːtərɡeɪt/
- the US political scandal that forced President Richard Nixon to leave office in 1974. It involved Republican Party members who in 1972 tried to steal information from the offices of the Democratic Party in the Watergate building in Washington, DC. Nixon said he did not know about this, but The Washington Post and tapes of his phone conversations proved he did. He resigned as Congress was about to begin impeachment, and several important government officials were sent to prison for illegally trying to keep the affair secret. The Watergate incident made the role of the President weaker for several years and many people were shocked that people in power had behaved so badly. The word ending -gate has since been used to create names for other scandals, for example Irangate.
水门事件：美国政治丑闻，迫使总统理查德·尼克松（Richard Nixon）于1974年卸任。共和党成员参与其中，1972年，他们试图从位于华盛顿特区水门大楼的民主党办公室窃取信息。尼克松说，他对此一无所知，但《华盛顿邮报》和他的电话交谈录音证明他确实做到了。当国会即将开始弹each时，他辞职了，几名重要的政府官员因非法试图将该事件保密而被送入监狱。水门事件使总统的作用减弱了好几年，许多人都对当权者的不良表现感到震惊。此后，单词end -gate已用于为其他丑闻创建名称，例如Irangate。