sours

英 [ˈsaʊəz]

美 [ˈsaʊərz]

v.  (使)变坏，恶化; (牛奶等)变味，酸腐
sour的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• See also:The stewed apple was sour even with honey.sweet and sour
• (牛奶)变质的，馊的
  Sourmilk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh.
• ADJ-GRADED (人)乖戾的，尖酸刻薄的，不友好的
  Someone who issouris bad-tempered and unfriendly.
  1. She made a sour face in his direction...
     她冲他阴沉着脸。
  2. Police, weary and increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate.
     警察们疲惫不堪，心情也越来越糟糕，他们不禁满腹狐疑地问：为什么听凭情况不断地恶化下去？
• ADJ (状况、关系等)变坏，变糟，不再令人满意
  If a situation or relationshipturns sourorgoes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory.
  1. Everything turned sour for me there...
     在那里，对我来说一切变得很不顺利。
  2. Even the European dream is beginning to turn sour...
     甚至连欧洲之梦都开始破灭了。
  3. Their songs are filled with tales of love gone sour.
     他们的歌里充斥着变了味的爱情故事。
• V-ERG (使)(友谊、局势、态度等)变坏;(使)恶化
  If a friendship, situation, or attitudesoursor if somethingsoursit, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful.
  1. If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views...
     如果有什么东西能够破坏这种关系的话，那可能就是他们世界观方面存在的实质性差异。
  2. Her mood soured a little.
     她的心情有点差。
• PHRASE 酸葡萄(喻指由于得不到而加以贬低的东西)
  If you refer to someone's attitude assour grapes, you mean that they say that something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it.
  1. Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: 'Life's too short for that.'
     有人认为这是佩奇的酸葡萄心理在作怪，因为他的公司未能中标，佩奇对此的回应是：“人生苦短，谁有闲工夫去耿耿于怀呢？”

双语例句

• The bus on Canal street runs late, and the milk sours seconds faster.
  坚尼街上的公车姗姗来迟，我手中的牛奶却早变酸。
• China sees this as a target of opportunity, both to tweak the US and to subtly suggest to Pakistan that if it really sours of its relationship with the US, it has an alternative.
  “中国将此视为一个机会，既能让美国陷入僵局，又能巧妙的暗示巴基斯坦，就算与美国的关系搞僵了，还有替代选择”。
• Ideas& suggestions are put forward for the prediction of power market development, and plan of power sours and power grid development.
  对电力市场发展预测、电源和电网发展规划提出了看法与建议。
• Government's role is less the sours of financing and more in instrument for creating an environment that encourages private investments in the telecommunications industry.
  政府的作用主要不是提供资金的来源，而是营造投资环境的工具，营造一种能够激励私人对电信产业进行投资的环境。
• The poems in the air and earth, for its words have meaning that walks and music that sours.
  诗无论在空中或在地上都有无限之感，因为它的语言能舞动、音韵能飞翔。
• Pisco sours, a kind of tart liquors, were passed out to taste and in thanks.
  为了表达谢意，当地人还奉上了秘鲁出名的皮斯科白兰地酸味酒供我们品尝。
• A: Two whiskey sours, a Scotch on the rocks, and a martini.
  甲：两杯威士忌加柠檬汁、一杯苏格兰威士忌加冰块、一杯马提尼鸡尾酒。
• Bitterness sours it; love sweetens it.
  痛苦渍酸生活，爱使之甜蜜；
• A government ratings utility may be tempted to minimise downgrades when the economy sours.
  且在经济衰退时，政府评级的效用也会因倾向于减缓经济下滑而受到影响。
• Have faith in people. cynicism sours the disposition.
  信任别人。愤世嫉俗使你的人格变质。