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。
• 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。
• The demand for drugs in the United States is what is helping to keep these cartels in business.
  美国方面对毒品的需求使这些毒枭有生意可做。
• 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。
• 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。
• A suspected senior member of one of Mexico's major drugs cartels has been arrested, officials say.
  墨西哥官员称，一名疑似某大型贩毒团伙的高级成员落入法网。
• 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。
• Drug cartels have a cash flow problem.
  贩毒组织有资金流动的问题。
• 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。
• 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。