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。
• 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
• Long before the first signs of souring debt markets appeared in June, buy-out executives claimed to have found the recipe for strong returns in all environments.
  早在债务市场6月份开始出现最初恶化迹象的很久前，收购集团的高管就宣称，已经找到在任何环境中都能获得高额回报的秘诀。
• 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。
• CA set up global sourcing center in Shanghai in 2002 to manage the air conditioning component and finished goods global souring business.
  CA公司是一家美资空调品牌公司，2002年初在上海成立了战略全球化采购中心，建立了空调零部件和家用空调整机OEM在中国的全球化采购业务。
• From a strategic perspective, there is the danger of Greek politics souring still further and the country becoming a permanent trouble-spot in the eastern Mediterranean, even if it is out of the euro.
  从战略的角度看，希腊政局有持续恶化的危险，此外，即使希腊退出欧元，她也可能沦为东地中海永久的问题区。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。