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

• A species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk.
  一个需氧的革兰氏阴性细菌的种，能从糖中产生气体和酸，有时和牛奶的自然酸败有关。
• Invite souring centre of government, the construction souring dept, real estate businessman, upholster project company and professional buyer to attend our fair.
  特邀请了各政府采购中心、政府市政建设采购部门、国内外房地产开发商、装潢工程公司和专业买家等前来参观洽谈。
• Policymakers in New Delhi believe that souring trade relations between Japan and China represent an opportunity for India to develop and boost its production of rare earths.
  印度政策制定者相信，日中贸易关系日益恶化是印度开发并推动稀土生产的机会。
• 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。
• The Study on the Souring Cultivation of Mushroom to Select High-yielding Strains of Lentinus Edodes ( Berk) Sing Exopolysaccharide and Antioxidant Activity
  香菇液体发酵培养胞外多糖高产菌株的筛选及抗氧化活性研究
• Higher interest rates and a souring housing market are causing consumers to rein in their car purchases.
  利率上升及房地产市场不断走软，限制了消费者的汽车购买。
• Once risk managers spot that degree of concentration in an asset that is souring, more and more sell orders are likely.
  一旦风险管理经理发现，如此高度集中的资产正在恶化，抛售订单很可能接踵而至。
• They do not have the safety-valve of banking books, where souring assets can escape the rigours of mark-to-market accounting.
  这将进一步加大资产价值下跌时的影响。他们并不具有银行账户的安全阀，这使得其不良资产无法逃脱严格的逐日盯市会计记录。
• Relations between Israel and Cyprus have improved greatly following the souring of relations between former military allies Israel and Turkey.
  以色列和塞浦路斯之间的关系大为改善后的前军事盟国之间的以色列和土耳其的关系变坏。
• Although Spain has announced deep budget cuts and new plans to strengthen its banks, concerns over economic contraction and souring property loans have grown.
  尽管西班牙已宣布大幅削减预算和加强银行的新计划，但人们对经济萎缩和不良房地产贷款的担忧仍在加剧。