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

• 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。
• So if Apple has more cash than the government and drug cartels have more cash than Apple, what does that say?
  如果苹果比政府更有钱和贩毒比苹果更有钱，你将怎么说？
• 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？
• Drug cartels have a cash flow problem.
  贩毒组织有资金流动的问题。
• He also said lax U.S.gun laws and poor enforcement of them has armed Mexican drug cartels to the teeth.
  他也说他们的涣散的美国枪支法和糟糕的执行力完全（已经）武装墨西哥毒品组织。
• Police in Colombia have arrested a man they say is the main link between a Colombian drug gang and one of the most powerful Mexican drug cartels.
  哥伦比亚警方称他们逮捕了一名男子，他们称，此人是哥伦比亚毒品团伙和墨西哥最有势力的毒品卡特尔之间的联络人。
• 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。
• Some cartels, such as maritime transport, are officially exempt from anti-trust laws.
  有些卡塔尔（比如海运）被官方正式免于反托拉斯法起诉。
• The small firms were absorbed into large cartels.
  这些小商行已被合并为大的卡特尔。
• For the first time in history, a national government had taken responsibility to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute monopolies and price-fixing cartels.
  这是历史上第一次有一个国家政府承担责任调查并且在必要时起诉垄断集团和操纵价格的卡特尔。