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每日一词171

作者: 索诺 | 来源:发表于2019-05-20 11:08 被阅读0次

    1. 这是个什么词?

    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”可以作形容词也可以作动词。作形容词它最常见的意思是“酸的”“嗖的”,作动词意思是“恶化”“使......变糟”。从上面的英英释义中可以看出 sour 既可以是及物动词也可以是不及物动词,不过在阅读中我们知道它更常作不及物动词。我们可以把 sour 和之前学过的 compound 和 worsen 放在一起在学习。《经济学人》在写某两个国家的关系恶化时,常常会用到 sour 这个词。下面通过几个例子来掌握这个词。

    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.

    在越南会谈之后,美国和朝鲜的关系再度恶化,可以说:

    After the Vietnam talk, the relationship between the US and North Korea soured again.

    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.

    注意上面这句中的 sour 就是及物动词。 最新一期《经济学人》Leaders 板块关于中美关系的文章中就用到了 sour:

    As our special report in this week’s issue explains, superpower relations have soured.

    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 he and his mother suddenly sours.

    造句

    His relationship with his wife soured due to different educational concept.

    参考翻译:His relationship with his mother soured all of a sudden.

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