英语词汇“sour grapes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sour grapes

/ˌsaʊə ˈɡreɪps/

Used to refer to an attitude in which someone adopts a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves: government officials dismissed many of the complaints as sour grapes...

There were no regrets, no complaints, not even a whiff of sour grapes.
The ones who are honest have had to watch the cheats claiming medals and any complaint is made to look like sour grapes.
The reality is she's articulate and she's composed, and apparently some people tonight have sour grapes.

With allusion to Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes

See parent entry: sour

单词	sour grapes
释义	sour grapes /ˌsaʊə ˈɡreɪps/ Used to refer to an attitude in which someone adopts a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves: government officials dismissed many of the complaints as sour grapes... There were no regrets, no complaints, not even a whiff of sour grapes. The ones who are honest have had to watch the cheats claiming medals and any complaint is made to look like sour grapes. The reality is she's articulate and she's composed, and apparently some people tonight have sour grapes. With allusion to Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes See parent entry: sour
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