soured

英 [ˈsaʊəd]

美 [ˈsaʊərd]

v.  (使)变坏，恶化; (牛奶等)变味，酸腐
sour的过去分词和过去式

过去式：soured　

BNC.43837 / COCA.33596

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？”

英英释义

adj

• having turned bad

双语例句

• Many friendships have soured over borrowed money.
  许多友谊都是因为金钱的借还而恶化的。
• The mood has obviously soured in several areas, Mr Wuttke told the Financial Times on Monday.
  情绪在几大领域明显恶化，伍德克在周一对英国《金融时报》表示。
• Include yogurt and other cultured, soured dairy products in your diet.
  在你的饮食中包含酸奶酪和其它好品质的，酸的日常产品。
• Relations between them have soured.
  他们之间的关系变糟了。
• Various unhappy experiences have soured her view of life.
  种种不幸的经历使她的人生观变调了。
• An unhappy event has soured his relationship with his wife.
  一个不愉快的事件恶化了他们夫妻之间的关系。
• Her mood soured a little.
  她的心情有点差。
• The taste for politics soured.
  我对政治的兴趣减退了。
• As prospective students better understand the different experiences and outcomes, some have soured on the speedy approach.
  随着准备申请的学生更深入地了解到两类项目之间这些不同的经历和成果，有些人对速成的一年制失去了兴趣。
• Relations between China and Japan soured after Japan moved to purchase part of the Diaoyu Islands in September.
  日本9月份实施购买钓鱼岛群岛的部分岛屿后中日关系恶化。