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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Much of that violence is blamed on Mexican drug cartels that use the country as a transit point.
  大多数谋杀都是墨西哥贩毒集团制造的，他们把该国当成中转站。
• 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。
• We will be owners of the drug cartels.
  我们将成为毒品集团的所有者。
• 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。