sour sth
sour 作及物动词时,宾语可以是食物,也可以是关系、气氛等抽象事物。
Lemon juice will sour the cream.
柠檬汁会使奶油变酸。
使变酸;变酸
soured — past of sour
使变糟;使失望;变得失望;使(土壤)变冷贫瘠;浸渍(石灰)以用于抹灰或砂浆;用酸处理(漂白后的织物)以去除石灰
to make or become sour
使变酸。
To make sour.
变酸。
To become sour.
破坏或损害;使失去兴趣。
To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
失去兴趣。
To become disenchanted.
使(土壤)变冷和不肥沃。
To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
浸泡(石灰)使其适合用于灰泥或砂浆。
To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
漂白后用盐酸或硫酸处理(织物)以洗去石灰。
To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
一般现在时
The milk sours quickly in heat.
牛奶在高温下很快变酸。
现在进行时
The relationship is souring.
关系正在恶化。
一般过去时
The experience soured him on politics.
那次经历使他对政治失望。
规则动词
The milk soured because I left it on the table overnight.
牛奶因为我把它整夜放在桌上而变酸了。
用法提示:soured 是 sour 的过去式,在本句作不及物动词,表示“变酸”。
Adding too much lemon juice will sour the sauce.
加入太多柠檬汁会使酱汁变酸。
用法提示:sour 在本句作及物动词,与 will 连用,表示“使……变酸”。
Hot weather sours cream very quickly if it is not refrigerated.
如果不冷藏,热天气会很快使奶油变酸。
用法提示:sours 是 sour 的第三人称单数形式,作及物动词,表示“使……变酸”。
sour 作及物动词时,宾语可以是食物,也可以是关系、气氛等抽象事物。
Lemon juice will sour the cream.
柠檬汁会使奶油变酸。
sour 作不及物动词时,主语通常是食物,也可指关系或情绪变差。
The milk soured overnight in the heat.
牛奶在高温下放了一夜就变酸了。
被动式常用来说明原因,表示“因某事而变糟、受破坏”。
Their friendship was soured by the dispute.
他们的友谊因这场争执而变糟了。
常用于化学或烹饪,比sour更正式、技术性
特指乳汁凝固变酸,物理变化更明显
强调微生物作用变酸,常带有气泡或气体
暗示腐败变质,范围比sour更广,不限于酸
通用变质,可替代sour但语气更消极
grammar · medium
易错句子Fresh milk sour quickly in hot weather.
正确表达Fresh milk sours quickly in hot weather.
主语 fresh milk 是不可数名词,看作单数第三人称,一般现在时的谓语要加 -s,写成 sours。汉语动词没有人称变化,所以容易漏掉这个 -s;补上后才符合主谓一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子Their friendship sour after the quarrel last year.
正确表达Their friendship soured after the quarrel last year.
时间状语 last year 表明动作发生在过去,谓语要用过去式 soured(sour 属规则变化,直接加 -ed)。汉语动词不靠词形表示过去时间,学习者容易照搬原形 sour;改成 soured 才表示“已经变糟了”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The hot weather made the milk to sour quickly.
正确表达The hot weather made the milk sour quickly.
使役动词 make 的句型是 make + 宾语 + 动词原形(或形容词作补语),中间不能加 to,所以用不带 to 的 sour。受汉语“使……变酸”以及误记的 make sb. to do 影响,容易多写一个 to,去掉后句子才合乎语法。
破坏关系
His constant criticism soured their relationship.
他不断的批评破坏了他们的关系。
使气氛变坏
The bad news soured the mood at the party.
这个坏消息使派对的气氛变坏了。
使交易失败
Disagreements over price soured the deal.
价格上的分歧使交易失败了。
对某事失望
Many investors soured on the stock after the scandal.
丑闻之后,许多投资者对这支股票感到失望。
变酸;变得糟糕
The milk went sour overnight.
牛奶过夜变酸了。
酸葡萄(指因得不到而贬低某事物)
He said he didn't want the job anyway, but that's just sour grapes.
他说他反正也不想要那份工作,但那不过是酸葡萄心理。
变糟;失败
Their relationship went sour after the argument.
那次争吵之后,他们的关系变糟了。
变坏;变得令人失望
The deal turned sour when the other party backed out.
当对方退出时,这笔交易就泡汤了。
酸糖,我是酸糖,如此甜蜜然后我会有点生气。
The lyrics describe feeling like a sour candy.
歌词描述感觉像一颗酸糖。
葡萄是酸的。
He dismissed the award as sour grapes.
他把这个奖项贬低为酸葡萄心理。
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