notoriety

1. N-UNCOUNT To achieve notoriety means to become well known for something bad. 聲名狼藉

He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in. 在水門事件中，他作為尼克松總統(tǒng)的首席辯護(hù)律師被搞得聲名狼藉。