cartel
n. <经>卡特尔,企业联合
A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices.
...a drug cartel...
贩毒集团
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。
1. a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;
Figure portrays a monopoly or cartel that has managed to extract maximum profits from its buyers.
图10-2展示了一个想方设法向其买主榨取了最大利润的垄断集团或卡特尔的情况.
We think the authorities should see whether there is a cartel in the iron ore market.
我们认为,当局应该调查一下,铁矿石市场上是否存在卡特尔组织.
The markup to 95 could be worthless, since nobody would be paying it to the cartel.
这种大幅度提价到95美元是不可取的, 因为没有人会付给卡特尔这样高的价格.
In Britain a cartel a lock on classic works such as Shakespeare's and Milton's.
在英国有一个联合企业把诸如莎士比亚和米尔顿的经典著作很好地封存起来.
European bankers like to describe the US market as a cartel.
欧洲的银行家们往往把美国市场描述为一个垄断联盟.