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

• That unfortunate evening rather soured my friendship with paul.
  那个倒霉的晚上破坏了我和保罗的友谊。
• The stockbrokers had foreseen the recession, so they were prepared when the economy soured.
  这些股票经纪人已经预见经济衰退，所以他们在经济恶化前就做好了准备。
• Lehman failed and its failure was a result of soured real estate.
  雷曼（Lehman）倒闭了，而它的倒闭正是房地产市场恶化造成的。
• The taste for politics soured.
  我对政治的兴趣减退了。
• The prospect of new testimony and additional Cross-examinations soured him still more.
  重新作证和更多的盘问的前景使他更加苦恼了。
• Mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk.
  淡味的白色干酪，由变酸的脱脂凝乳制成。
• After grinding it, you mix it with soured cream and use it like a salve on the sores.
  研磨之后，将它与酸奶油混合，将它当作药膏一样涂在溃疡处。
• 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。
• 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。
• That painful, experience soured me on camping for the rest of my life.
  那次痛苦的经历使我从此对野营失去了兴趣。