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

• Distribution of the kinetic energy released in Chinese hamster splenetic cells for incident ultrasoft X rays from a poit sours
  点发射超软X射线在中国仓鼠脾细胞中的比释动能分布
• Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates.
  当生奶变酸和凝固时，形成的像水一样的部分。
• 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。
• Have faith in people. cynicism sours the disposition.
  信任别人。愤世嫉俗使你的人格变质。
• As with most sours and fizzes, a little egg white may be added to give a nice foamy head when shaken: however health concerns for raw egg white have made this less common.
  因为大部分的酸和菲士，加少量的蛋清可以摇合出丰富的泡沫：然而加入少量蛋清对健康更为有益，这个是不常见的。
• Dazhou with a long history, talents and good landscape, rich culture and cultural resource, has owned sours advantages and good results hut it also has restrained factors.
  达州历史悠久，人杰地灵，文化资源丰富，文化积淀深厚，具有发展文化产业的一定优势，且已取得较好成果，但也存在不少制约因素。
• 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。
• Even more than spilled oil in Louisiana marshland, it is the anaemic economy that sours the public mood.
  公众情绪低迷，与其说是因为扩散到路易斯安那海岸沼泽的泄漏原油，不如说是因为经济疲弱。
• If you keep the worst of it at bay, you may find that your love affair with suicide sours, and your love affair with life becomes more sweet.
  如果你能最大程度的避开它，你就会发现带自杀心酸的爱情事和生活中的爱情事会变得更甜蜜。
• The 2008-09 global financial crisis showed what can happen to the gaming industry when the economy sours.
  2008至2009年的金融危机显示了经济疲软对博彩业可能造成的影响。