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

• Predicting the traffickers'next moves has become harder because many cartels have split into smaller groups.
  预估这些破坏者下一步的行动变得更加困难因为许多卡特尔都分散成了小股组织。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Where possible, boycott the cartels.
  在可能的情况下，应该抵制那些卡特尔。
• 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？
• The insatiable demand for illegal drugs in the United States keeps the Mexican drug cartels in business.
  贪得无厌对在美国的非法毒品的需求在商（企）业维持墨西哥毒品组织。
• We will be owners of the drug cartels.
  我们将成为毒品集团的所有者。
• 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？