souring

英 [ˈsaʊərɪŋ]

美 [ˈsaʊərɪŋ]

v.  (使)变坏，恶化; (牛奶等)变味，酸腐
sour的现在分词

COCA.45696

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

noun

• the process of becoming sour

双语例句

• Chinese banks have been ramping up lending to developers in recent months, even as falling sales and weaker prices ratchet up the risk of these loans souring.
  近几个月来，中国银行业一直加大对开发商的放贷力度，而房地产销售额下降和价格疲软，增加了这些贷款成为坏账的风险。
• Without those elements, and with economies souring by the day, the outlook is bleak indeed.
  如果没有这些因素，随着各经济体状况日益恶化，前景的确很黯淡。
• This year, decelerating economic growth could result in more souring of loans.
  今年，经济增长不断减速可能导致更多贷款出现问题。
• Study on effect of crude protein and palm oil on daily gain and souring of weanling pigs
  不同蛋白质水平和棕榈油对早期断奶仔猪增重和腹泻的影响
• Global investors are souring on the yuan, sending the currency in offshore markets to its weakest level in more than eight months Wednesday, in line with its falling onshore counterpart as China continues its campaign to send it lower.
  全球投资者正在摒弃人民币，周三离岸市场人民币跌至八个多月以来的最低水平，与本地市场走势一致，主要因为中国仍在致力于推低人民币。
• Capable to scan, identify, develop qualify suppliers within Asia to make pre-select and access potential suppliers by assisting PC souring team for competitive market.
  有能力分析，确认和发展，通过帮助总部采购团队在亚洲区域内判断和甄选出符合喜利得要求有潜力的供应商，寻求有竞争力的市场。
• Though it is unthinkable that China has changed its long policy of encircling and containing India, does it indicate a change of tack when its relations with the US are souring?
  虽然难以想象中国会改变围堵和遏制印度的长远政策，但高志凯的话是否表明，在中美关系日趋恶化之际，中国转变了政策方针？
• The souring of relations with Russia helped push Mr Yanukovich towards the EU.
  与俄罗斯关系的恶化使得亚努科维奇更想加入对欧盟。
• These broker-originated loans are souring at an accelerated rate, and Wells Fargo has announced that it will take a special loan-loss provision in the fourth quarter to cover losses.
  这类源自中介的贷款很快就出了问题，富国银行已宣布将在第四财政季度计入特殊的贷款损失准备金以弥补损失。
• A souring in the relationship between American business and China would come at a particularly bad time in relations between the two countries.
  美国企业和中国之间的关系恶化，将适逢两国关系格外严峻的时期。