sour the relationship
collocation破坏关系
His constant criticism soured their relationship.
他不断的批评破坏了他们的关系。
使变酸；变酸
souring — present participle of sour
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使变酸；变酸
to make or become sour
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。
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.
sour
Base
原形
sours
3rd person
第三人称单数
souring
-ing
现在分词
soured
Past
过去式
soured
Past participle
过去分词
The milk sours quickly in heat.
牛奶在高温下很快变酸。
The relationship is souring.
关系正在恶化。
The experience soured him on politics.
那次经历使他对政治失望。
规则动词
Adding too much lemon juice will sour the sauce.
加入太多柠檬汁会使酱汁变酸。
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。
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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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想象你咬了一口柠檬，酸得皱眉，嘴里发出‘嗖’的一声，记住‘sour’就是酸的意思。
作动词时，常用于描述食物变酸或关系变坏，多见于非正式或中性语境，也可用于正式描写。
These words all share the same /aʊɚ/ sound, spelled with 'our' (except 'our' itself). Warning: words like 'pour' /pɔr/ and 'tour' /tʊr/ look similar but sound different.
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