おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
アルコールの持ち帰りって日本ではあまり聞かないけど、コンビニで多種多様なアルコールが買えるからですかね。
seismic
意味 大規模な, 重大な, 劇的な〈変化など〉
The seismic transformation in alcohol policy began in New York.
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for the duration
意味 ＜事· 物の＞ 継続期間中 ＜of＞
On March 16 of last year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that restaurants and bars would be temporarily restricted to takeout and delivery but that they would be permitted to sell alcohol to-go for the duration of the mandatory closures.
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prohibit
意味 〈法· 当局などが〉〈活動· 事〉を禁止する
Soon after he learned that pandemic rules would prohibit indoor dining, he hired a bar manager.
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legislature
意味 (米) 州議会.
Like Mr. Gjerde in Maryland, he expected that the days of to-go cocktails were about to end, but the Missouri legislature passed a bill last Friday making to-go cocktail sales permanent.
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halt
意味 〈人· 事など〉を止める, 停止させる; …に歯止めをかける
Among those who do not support the recent changes is Chad Newberry, the owner of 1881 Spirits in Prescott, Ariz., who joined other bar owners in a lawsuit last year to push the state to halt restaurants’ ability to sell to-go cocktails.
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appropriate
意味 適切な
Arizona’s Legislature passed a bill this week allowing restaurants to sell alcohol to-go, provided they have the appropriate license.
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rivalry
意味 競争
In New York, where lawmakers are considering a bill to make to-go cocktails permanent, a rivalry has emerged between liquor stores and restaurants.
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それはそうなりますよね。酒屋さんの方が安く供給できそうだけど。
remarkable
意味 〈人· 事などが〉 注目すべき, 驚くべき; 並外れた, 珍しい
Concerns are to be expected, but what’s remarkable, said Mr. Whatley of the National Restaurant Association, is how little resistance lawmakers are posing to to-go cocktails.
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