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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If your enterprise had a chance to make a huge amount of money by laundering cash for weapons dealers and drug cartels, would you do it?
  如果你的公司有机会赚一大笔钱，但是得替武器贩子和贩毒集团洗钱，你会干吗？
• 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。