cartel

UK:  [kɑː(r)'tel]

US:  [kɑr'tel]

复数：cartels  

n.

1.卡特尔,联合企业;政党间的联盟

2.俘虏交换协定

3.决斗书,挑战书

4.政治联盟

5.垄断集团

6.企业联合

1 . But the cartel has a mixed record in trying to stop sliding prices by cutting supply, especially in the face of a strong recession.
但欧佩克以减产手段阻止油价下滑并非屡屡奏效，尤其是在经济出现严重衰退时。

2 . The news agency Yonhap reported that a player found dead in his hotel roomhad left a note in which he referred to a match-fixing cartel.
据韩联社报道，死在酒店房间里的球员留下一份遗书，提到了假球联盟。

3 . Instead this cartel among women did not break down until women began to gain financial independence from men.
反而是女人们的这一联盟，只要女人们得从男人那里获得经济独立它就不会被打破。

4 . When the same effect is produced by an agreement among several firms, the group of firms is called a cartel.
由多个公司组成的协议联盟，被称之为“卡特尔”的组织也会带来同样的效应。

5 . But signs are everywhere in Tamaulipas that cartel leaders are ready to return to business as usual as soon as the soldiers leave.
但在塔毛利帕斯，随处可见毒品组织头目准备一旦士兵们离开就重操旧业的迹象。