“速溶咖啡”英语怎么说
名词解释:速溶咖啡,是通过将咖啡萃取液中的水分蒸发而获得的干燥的咖啡提取物。速溶咖啡能够很快的溶化在热水中,而且在储运过程中占用的空间和体积更小,更耐储存。区别于较为繁复的传统咖啡冲泡方式,因此获得了广泛的流行。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
More than 75 per cent of "retail brewed coffee" consumed in Australia and New Zealand is instant, according to a new report from market research.
The report states: "Although fresh coffee dominates the overall coffee industry, instant coffeecontinues to gain share thanks in large to its appeal among new coffee drinkers."
And Nescafe is the most popular brand of instant coffee in every region, dominating a staggering 44 per cent of the instant coffee market value and 40 per cent of retail volume in 2013.
最新的调查结果显示,澳大利亚和新西兰消耗的“零售煮制咖啡”中,超过75%都是速溶咖啡。
报告表明:“虽然新鲜的咖啡主导着整个咖啡产业,速溶咖啡却对开始饮用不久的人们有着巨大的吸引力,这也是它在不断获利的主要原因所在。”
而在世界各地,雀巢咖啡都是最受欢迎的速溶咖啡品牌。2013年,雀巢惊人地主导了44%的市值和40%的零售额。
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【讲解】
文中的instant coffee就是“速溶咖啡”的意思,其中instant用作形容词,意为“速食的;即溶的”,又如:instant noodles(方便面);此外,instant也可以做名词,意为“速溶饮料(尤指速溶咖啡)”,而现磨咖啡则是“fresh ground coffee”,常见的咖啡有:Cappuccino(卡布奇诺),Cafe Latte(拿铁咖啡),Caramel Macchiatto(焦糖玛奇朵),Mocha(摩卡)等。
文中最后一段中的retail用作形容词,意为“零售的”,与之对应的则是wholesale(批发的),如:The wholesale prices of these shirts are 45 dollars.(这些衬衫的批发价是45美元。)