souring的中文翻译是什么意思

ADJ-GRADED酸的;酸味的

Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon.

• The stewed apple was sour even with honey.

  炖煮的苹果即便加了蜂蜜还是很酸。

ADJ(牛奶)变质的，馊的

Sour milk 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 is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly.

• She made a sour face in his direction...

  她冲他阴沉着脸。

• 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 relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory.

• Everything turned sour for me there...

  在那里，对我来说一切变得很不顺利。

• Even the European dream is beginning to turn sour...

  甚至连欧洲之梦都开始破灭了。

V-ERG(使)(友谊、局势、态度等)变坏;(使)恶化

If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful.

• 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。

• 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 as sour grapes, you mean that they say that something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it.

• 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？”