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，他作爲(wèi)尼尅松縂統(tǒng)的首蓆辯護(hù)律師被搞得聲名狼藉。