souring的中文翻譯是什麼意思

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.

  燉煮的蘋果即便加了蜂蜜還是很酸。

ADJ(牛奶)變質的，餿的

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...

  她衝他陰沉著臉。

• Police, weary and increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate.

  警察們疲憊不堪，心情也越來越糟糕，他們不禁滿腹狐疑地問：為什麼聽憑情況不斷地惡化下去？

ADJ(狀況、關係等)變壞，變糟，不再令人滿意

If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory.

• Everything turned sour for me there...

  在那裡，對我來說一切變得很不順利。

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

  甚至連歐洲之夢都開始破滅了。

V-ERG(使)(友誼、局勢、態度等)變壞;(使)惡化

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...

  如果有什麼東西能夠破壞這種關係的話，那可能就是他們世界觀方面存在的實質性差異。

• Her mood soured a little.

  她的心情有點差。

PHRASE酸葡萄(喻指由於得不到而加以貶低的東西)

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.'

  有人認為這是佩奇的酸葡萄心理在作怪，因為他的公司未能中標，佩奇對此的迴應是：“人生苦短，誰有閒工夫去耿耿於懷呢？”