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drink/consume + hard liquor
hard liquor 作不可数名词，动词常用 drink 或 consume。
He prefers to drink hard liquor over beer.
他更喜欢喝烈性酒而不是啤酒。
烈性酒；高酒度的蒸馏酒
hard liquors — plural of hard liquor
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烈性酒；高酒度的蒸馏酒
strong alcoholic drinks such as whiskey or vodka that are distilled rather than fermented
He prefers to drink hard liquor over beer.
他更喜欢喝烈性酒而不是啤酒。
与啤酒、葡萄酒等低度酒相对
烈酒的同义词:经过蒸馏以提高酒精含量的饮料
Synonym of liquor (strict sense): a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content (high proof, high ABV).
At the party, they served only beer and wine, no hard liquor.
派对上只供应啤酒和葡萄酒，没有烈性酒。
Many countries have a legal drinking age for hard liquor that is higher than for beer.
许多国家对烈性酒的法定饮酒年龄高于啤酒。
She prefers cocktails made with hard liquor over light drinks like wine coolers.
她更喜欢用烈性酒调制的鸡尾酒，而不是像葡萄酒汽水这样的低度酒。
hard liquor 作不可数名词，动词常用 drink 或 consume。
He prefers to drink hard liquor over beer.
他更喜欢喝烈性酒而不是啤酒。
表示数量时用量词 a bottle/glass of。
She poured herself a glass of hard liquor.
她给自己倒了一杯烈性酒。
Not this
I prefer strong liquor to beer.
Use this
I prefer hard liquor to beer.
中文学习者常将“烈酒”直译为“strong liquor”，但英语中标准说法是“hard liquor”。
Not this
He ordered two hard liquors.
Use this
He ordered two glasses of hard liquor.
“Hard liquor”是不可数名词，不能直接加复数；要表示数量需用量词，如“two glasses of hard liquor”。
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