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

• 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。
• The cartels covered products such as vitamins, citric acid and stainless steel tubes.
  这些卡塔尔垄断了维生素、柠檬酸、不锈钢管等产品。
• Price-fixing cartels were stopped in their tracks and the notorious Northern Securities and Standard Oil trusts were no more.
  联合定价的卡特尔被遏止，恶名昭彰的北方证券和标准石油托拉斯不复存在。
• Drug cartels have a cash flow problem.
  贩毒组织有资金流动的问题。
• 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。
• Mexico's violent reputation-with its feuding drug cartels-is well known.
  墨西哥因暴力肆虐和长期争斗的贩毒集团而闻名。
• The cartels have been trying to kill me for years.
  那些贩毒的想要杀我已经好几年了。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。