cartels

英 [kɑːˈtɛlz]

美 [kɑrˈtɛlz]

n.  卡特尔，企业联盟(通过统一价格、防止竞争来增加共同利润)
cartel的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 卡特尔;同业联盟
  Acartelis an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices.
  1. ...a drug cartel...
     贩毒集团
  2. Since 1993 OPEC, the oil cartel dominated by Saudi Arabia, has kept its output constant at around 25m barrels a day.
     自1993年以来,由沙特阿拉伯主导的石油输出国组织欧佩克就一直将石油产量控制在每天2,500万桶左右。

双语例句

• Where possible, boycott the cartels.
  在可能的情况下，应该抵制那些卡特尔。
• But the cartels proved far too clever for the regulators.
  但事实证明，对于监管机构来说，卡特尔实在是太聪明了。
• Its efforts, they say, have led cartels to battle each other for decreasing profits.
  他们称，这些有力抗击已经导致了卡特尔们为了利润下降而相互争斗。
• The small firms were absorbed into large cartels.
  这些小商行已被合并为大的卡特尔。
• When he was writing, the main interest groups were trade unions and business cartels.
  当奥尔森写下上述文字的时候，主要利益集团是工会和商业卡塔尔。
• Associations with Mexican drug cartels and Iranian militants or documented solicitation of price fixing usually attract the attention of federal prosecutors.
  与墨西哥贩毒集团和伊朗好战分子的任何牵连，或者是教唆价格操纵的记录往往都会引起联邦检察官的注意。
• About 90 per cent of victims are said to be members of warring drugs cartels.
  约90%的受害者据称是交战中的贩毒集团的成员。
• Honduran traffickers, said Funes, are the offspring of the Mexican Cartels.
  富内斯说，洪都拉斯的毒贩们从墨西哥贩毒集团衍生而来。
• Can you imagine the government taking similar action against any of the cartels here?
  一位香港的高管问道：你能想象政府会对这里任何垄断行为采取类似的行动吗？
• The Mexican Ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhan said they were providing the drug cartels with the means to corrupt, bribe and kill.
  墨西哥驻美国大使萨鲁坎表示，美国的武器和金钱为墨西哥的贩毒集团提供了腐败、行贿和屠杀的手段。