sweeten

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

💬 双语例句

1. Like coffee, sugar is price-inelastic, meaning that when costs increase, consumption remains relatively constant. Purchases of soft drinks and other sweetened foods are not dramatically affected by taxes or fluctuating prices.

   糖的成瘾性体现在糖类经济学中。 糖和咖啡一样不具备价格弹性，也就是说当成本上升时，消费仍保持相对恒定。 人们对软饮料和其他甜味食品的购买不会受到税收或价格波动的显著影响。

2. More recently, it has become a food-industry craze, driven in part by fear of obesity lawsuits. As major brands like Coke and Pepsi aggressively market stevia-sweetened cola drinks as natural and healthy, the agricultural acreage of the plant has exploded.

   但有一个领域的危险已经显露无遗：那就是实验室化合物取代种植甜叶菊所造成的经济损害。 巴拉圭土著瓜拉尼人种植使用甜叶菊长达几个世纪之久。 部分出于对肥胖诉讼的恐惧，近来这种植物正在食品行业引发热潮。 随着可乐及百事等大品牌积极宣传含甜叶菊成分的可乐饮品自然健康，这种植物的种植面积呈爆炸式增长。 分析师预计甜叶菊市场 2017年将达到2.75亿美元的规模。