2019-05-20 sour

词：sour 

英英释义：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. 为什么选这个词？ 

“sour”作动词意思是“恶化”“使......变糟”。

= compound 和 worsen 

很多朋友关系是因为借钱而弄僵的，就可以说： 

Many friendships sour over borrowed money.

印度和巴基斯坦在领土问题上的争议使得两国关系急转直下，我们就可以说： 

The territorial dispute between India and Pakistan soured bilateral relations.

类似的用法也出现在了另一篇《经济学人》文章中： 

The once-cordial relationship between Mr Trump and Deutsche has soured.

《经济学人》在一篇写美国经济的文章中也出现了 sour： 

Business confidence had soured and the housing market, so often a leading indicator of economic trouble, had sagged.（这句中 confidence 和 sour 这组搭配出现频率要远低于 relationship/relations 和 sour 这组搭配，可以记下来）

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？ 

1）翻译下面的句子： 

他和母亲的关系突然变得很僵。 

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.