souring

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souring 是 sour 的现在分词,指食物或液体因发酵或变质而变酸的过程,也可比喻关系或情绪恶化。

用法要点

句型搭配

souring 常用作不及物动词,描述自然变化过程,如食物变质或关系恶化,常与介词 on 或 between 连用表示对象。

• The milk is souring in the heat.
• Their relationship is souring over time.
• Public opinion is souring on the policy.

介词用法

souring 后接介词 on 表示对某人或某事的态度变差,如 souring on a plan;用 between 表示两者间关系恶化,如 souring between friends。

• He's souring on the idea of moving.
• Tensions are souring between the two companies.
• The mood is souring towards the government.

语域说明

souring 在口语和书面语中均常见,日常多指食物变质,商务或学术语境可引申为经济、政治或社会关系的恶化,属中性偏正式词汇。

• The fruit started souring after a few days.
• Trade relations are souring due to tariffs.
• The economic outlook is souring rapidly.

基础例句

The milk in the fridge is souring, so we should throw it out.

冰箱里的牛奶正在变酸,我们该把它扔掉了。

Their friendship started souring after that big argument.

那次大吵之后,他们的友谊开始恶化了。

I can smell the fruit souring in the hot weather.

我能闻到水果在炎热天气下变酸的味道。

She's souring on the idea of going to the party tonight.

她对今晚去参加派对这个想法越来越没兴趣了。

高级例句

The trade negotiations are souring due to unresolved tariff disputes.

由于未解决的关税争端,贸易谈判正在恶化。

Economic indicators suggest the market sentiment is souring rapidly.

经济指标显示市场情绪正在迅速恶化。

The partnership between the two firms is souring over intellectual property issues.

两家公司之间的合作关系因知识产权问题而恶化。

Public trust in the institution is souring following the recent scandal.

最近的丑闻之后,公众对该机构的信任正在下降。

高频搭配

verb

start souringbegin souringcontinue souringprevent souringavoid souring

adjective

rapidly souringgradually souringquickly souringslowly souringsuddenly souring

noun

milk souringrelationship souringmood souringopinion souringeconomy souringdeal souring

adverb

souring quicklysouring slowlysouring unexpectedlysouring visiblysouring inevitably

preposition

souring onsouring betweensouring towardssouring because ofsouring due to

phrase

risk of souringprocess of souringsigns of souringeffect of souringprevention of souring

常见错误

❌ 错误:The food is souring bad.
✓ 正确:The food is souring.

souring 本身已表示变酸或变质的过程,无需再加 bad 修饰,直接使用即可。

❌ 错误:He is souring with his friend.
✓ 正确:He is souring on his friend.

表示对某人态度变差时,应用介词 on,而不是 with,souring on someone 是固定搭配。

近义词辨析

fermenting

fermenting 特指通过微生物作用产生酒精或酸的过程,常用于酿酒或发酵食品,而 souring 更泛指变酸或变质,可能包括非发酵的化学变化。

The grapes are fermenting into wine (强调发酵过程) vs. The milk is souring (强调变酸结果)。

deteriorating

deteriorating 含义更广,指质量、条件或关系的全面恶化,可用于物理、健康或社会方面,而 souring 更具体,常限于变酸或比喻情绪、关系的负面转变。

The building is deteriorating (结构损坏) vs. Their relationship is souring (特指关系变差)。