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

• 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。
• 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 old cartels are being bypassed thanks to technological advances and a more informal society.
  受益于技术进步和更加不拘形式的社会，人们正在绕开传统的垄断集团。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• We will be owners of the drug cartels.
  我们将成为毒品集团的所有者。
• Drug cartels have a cash flow problem.
  贩毒组织有资金流动的问题。
• 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？