英语习语谚语成语用法精粹 文学名著类2-47 sour grapes

【字?酸葡萄

【英文解析】envious behavior, especially pretending not to care for something one does not or cannot have

【中文解析】吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸;由于得不到而故意说 不好

【典型例句】① When she failed the entrance exam, she started saying that she never wanted to go to university anyway, but I think that’sjust sour grapes.她没能通过升学考试，于是 便说，反正她本来就不想上大学，可是我觉得这不过 是吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸。

② Bill was sure he’d be elected class president. But when Mary beat him in the voting, he told us he was glad he didn’t get the job because it was too much work. That’s nothing but sour grapes!比尔开始认为他肯定能当选 为班主席。但是，当玛丽在选举中击败他后，他对我 们说，他很高兴没得到这个职位，因为当了班主席工作太多了。他这么说纯属是吃酸葡萄!

【注释】源自《伊索寓言?狐狸与葡萄》{Aesop’s Fable: The Fox and the Grapes)： 一只饥饿的狐狸来到一个 葡萄园找东西吃。它望着一串又一串成熟的葡萄垂 涎欲滴，但是葡萄挂得太高了，它使出浑身解数都没 能够到葡萄。最后，累得筋疲力尽的他只得气冲冲 地离开，嘴里还鄉囔着：I’m sure those grapes are sour anyhow.(不管怎么样，这些葡萄肯定是酸的。)