おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
トップ画像のオサレ感に惹かれて。代替肉に加えて代替魚も盛り上がり始めてるって記事。
需要増すばかりだから転職したい業界…リモートでいける職種あるかなー。
One reason, they say, is that consumers in rich countries are becoming more aware of the seafood industry’s environmental problems, including overfishing and the health risks of some seafood.
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温暖化や動物虐待起因の代替肉と違って、代替魚は海洋汚染→そもそも魚ってもう食べるのやばくね？って流れが強いのね。
approximate
意味 おおよそ…になる; （特性などが） ほぼ…に相当する
Another is that today’s plant-based start-ups do a better job of approximating fish flavor and texture than earlier ones did — an important consideration for non-vegetarians.
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意味を調べたら「こういう使い方も確かにありだな」と思うけど、この単語見たらもう「数学的なあれだろあれ」って思っちゃうんだよなw
compelling
意味 やむを得ない〈理由など〉; 抗しがたい, 切迫した〈必要性など〉
“There are a number of people already looking at alternative hamburgers,” he added. “You might actually say, ‘I should work on something else,’ and seafood is still a massive market with compelling reasons to work on it.”
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advocate
意味 (ややかたく) 提唱者, 擁護 [主張, 支持, 信奉] 者
But alt-fish advocates say that seafood also comes with environmental problems.
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名詞と動詞が同じ形。実際の文章で見かけるとほうほうと思うけど、TOEICだとひっかかるんだよなあ！
threefold
意味 3 重 [倍] の; 3 部からなる.
As of this June, 83 companies were producing alt-seafood products around the world, a nearly threefold rise since 2017.
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dominant
意味 〈人· 物などが〉（最も） 有力な, 支配的な, 優勢な, 目立つ; 主要な
Impossible Foods, a dominant force in the alternative protein industry, has been developing a fishless fish project for years.
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