cartel
n. <經>卡特爾,企業聯合
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...
販毒集團
Since 1993 OPEC, the oil cartel dominated by Saudi Arabia, has kept its output constant at around 25m barrels a day.
自1993年以來,由沙烏地阿拉伯主導的石油輸出國組織歐佩克就一直將石油產量控制在每天2,500萬桶左右。
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.
圖10-2展示了一個想方設法向其買主榨取了最大利潤的壟斷集團或卡特爾的情況.
We think the authorities should see whether there is a cartel in the iron ore market.
我們認為,當局應該調查一下,鐵礦石市場上是否存在卡特爾組織.
The markup to 95 could be worthless, since nobody would be paying it to the cartel.
這種大幅度提價到95美元是不可取的, 因為沒有人會付給卡特爾這樣高的價格.
In Britain a cartel a lock on classic works such as Shakespeare's and Milton's.
在英國有一個聯合企業把諸如莎士比亞和米爾頓的經典著作很好地封存起來.
European bankers like to describe the US market as a cartel.
歐洲的銀行家們往往把美國市場描述為一個壟斷聯盟.