詞:sour?
英英釋義:if a relationship or someone's attitude?sours, or if something sours it, it becomes unfriendly or unfavorable?
例句:Many friendships?sour?over borrowed money.?
2. 為什么選這個(gè)詞??
“sour”作動詞意思是“惡化”“使......變糟”。
= compound 和 worsen?
很多朋友關(guān)系是因?yàn)榻桢X而弄僵的,就可以說:?
Many friendships?sour?over borrowed money.
印度和巴基斯坦在領(lǐng)土問題上的爭議使得兩國關(guān)系急轉(zhuǎn)直下,我們就可以說:?
The territorial dispute between India and Pakistan?soured?bilateral relations.
類似的用法也出現(xiàn)在了另一篇《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》文章中:?
The once-cordial relationship between Mr Trump and Deutsche has?soured.
《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在一篇寫美國經(jīng)濟(jì)的文章中也出現(xiàn)了 sour:?
Business confidence had?soured?and the housing market, so often a leading indicator of economic trouble, had sagged.(這句中 confidence 和 sour 這組搭配出現(xiàn)頻率要遠(yuǎn)低于 relationship/relations 和 sour 這組搭配,可以記下來)
3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個(gè)詞??
1)翻譯下面的句子:?
他和母親的關(guān)系突然變得很僵。?
The relationship between his mother and him soured suddenly.
造句:
Her plan to enter into a elite school soured after her mother refused to give her any help.?