2019.03.19

周二 Tuesday

pilot

/'pail?t/

v. 尝试

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Starbucks might potentially end up being the first big chain to launch a line of cannabis-infused drinks, or at least that’s what analysts think.

星巴克很可能成为首个推出大麻饮料系列的大型连锁品牌，至少分析家们是这么认为的。

Cowan released a 100-page document detailing its analysis of the CBD market.

科万公司发布了100页的文件来对大麻二酚CBD的市场进行了详细的分析。

The group thinks that CBD will reach $16 billion in retail sales by 2025 and that we’re likely to see cannabis, specifically, CBD, make its way into other products down the line well, Yahoo Finance reports.

雅虎财经网报道，该分析团队认为，到2025年，大麻二酚（医用大麻）的零售额将达到160亿美元，而且我们很可能会看到大麻，具体来说是大麻二酚（医用大麻），十分顺利地加进其他产品里。

“The dynamics are fluid, likely delaying adoption from major coffee players like Starbucks in the near term,” Cowan analyst Andrew Charles wrote in the report. “Should the regulation of CBD oil as an additive to food/beverage change or craft/independent coffee shops find a way to comply with the existing regulation, we could envision Starbucks ultimately pilotingthe ingredient.”

“目前整个局势还未确定，这可能会导致短期内星巴克之类的咖啡商都暂时不会采用这种成分，”科万公司的分析家Andrew Charles在报告里写到。“如果监管大麻二酚油作为食品/饮料或者是特调/速溶咖啡添加剂的法律法规能符合现行法规，我们不难设想星巴克迟早会尝试这种成分。”

While it’s certainly a possibility, that vision might not be in Starbucks' roadmap for the time being.

虽然完全有可能实现，但目前星巴克大概还没有这样的计划。

Speaking with a reporter from CNBC last month, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said that while it’s paying attention to the trend, right now adding cannabis to Starbucks’ menu isn’t currently in the company’s plans.

星巴克执行总裁Kevin Johnson上个月接受CNBC采访的时候谈到，虽然有在关注这个趋势，但是目前公司还不打算在星巴克的菜单上加上大麻。

Should the company decide to include cannabis in its drinks it would likely run into a number of roadblocks.

如果星巴克决定在他们的饮料里加入大麻，很可能会遇到很多阻碍。

Commercial CBD is still in its infant stages, with states and regulators still trying to understand how to appropriately regulate its use.

大麻商业化依旧处于不成熟的阶段，国家和立法者还在试图搞明白监管它使用的合理尺度。

今日词汇

pilot

/'pail?t/

v. 尝试

Pilot作名词的时候表示“飞行员”，这应该是最常见的一个含义。

其实它还表示电视剧的“试播集”，所以也不难理解它作动词的时候表示“尝试”、“试行”。

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilyprice/2019/02/25/starbucks-might-be-the-first-big-chain-to-launch-cannabis-infused-drinks-according-to-analysts/#38fd20d46f31