单词 | 酸葡萄 |
释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔sour grapes〕The losers' scorn for the award is pure sour grapes.失败者对奖励的蔑视,纯粹是出于酸葡萄的心理美国传统〔sourly〕Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: 'Life's too short for that.' 有人认为这是佩奇的酸葡萄心理在作怪,因为他的公司未能中标,佩奇对此的回应是:“人生苦短,谁有闲工夫去耿耿于怀呢?”柯林斯高阶After Claire failed to get into drama school she said she never wanted to be an actress anyway, but we think that's just sour grapes.克莱尔没能进入戏剧学校后,她说她从未想过当演员,但我们认为这种话只不过是酸葡萄而已。剑桥国际 |
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