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欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目Tz%#lO[hjV5!LLzf。

Grapes can be used to make wine.

葡萄可以用来做葡萄酒vh5z9~Hzz~%;Su。

Sour grapes

酸葡萄，酸葡萄作用

Sour grapes, though, do not sound so tasty.

即便如此，酸葡萄听起来也不那么美味8eAt#rL34Q%Oij#QO。

Did your buddy Craig ask my friend Morgan out for a second date yet?

你的朋友克雷格又邀请我朋友摩根去约会了吗？

Well, he did... and she turned him down.

好吧，他邀请了V50BLI]rt(。然后被拒绝了XG9_;BVo4X。

But Craig told me he wasn’t that interested in her anyway.

不过克雷格说他其实压根对她不感兴趣TH|]~ZIv~jz)V。

Sounds like sour grapes to me. You are probably right.

在我听来，这就是吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸yMs@BsF,Ax。或许你说得对_0j=&LPuHGbn6G5o|+1;。

This phrase comes from the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop.

这个短语出自古希腊的小说家伊索讲的故事Npa5SQ305;2dh。

A fox tries to eat some grapes from a vine.

故事中，一只狐狸想吃葡萄藤上的葡萄1#Mur0FPe3TD.ND|=8m7。

But they are too high for the fox to reach.

但是葡萄太高，它够不到-We4~c6-u4-。

So the fox claims the grapes are probably sour anyway.

所以这只狐狸就声称这些葡萄可能就是酸的PpFY^b+*%w&。

When someone has a case of “sour grapes”, they criticize something desirable that they know they cannot have.

当人们处于“sour grapes”的情况中，就是在批评一些明知自己无法拥有的东西[#t;6A0.cn4+A0。

Just like Craig did after Morgan turned him down.

就像被摩根拒绝之后，克雷格的所作所为那样%c@,@8EH_PA~A&N*Xxh。

And that’s English in a Minute!

以上就是今天的《一分钟英语》栏目！