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cartel n.卡特尔；联合企业；俘虏交换条约书 (1) 它是一个石油卡特尔的一个代表。(2) 卡特尔的成员国由于进行竞争而会出现背叛。(3) 欧洲的银行家们往往把美国市场描述为一个垄断联盟。 The word cartel originally referred to political parties that joined forces to promote a common cause. Over the years, cartel took on a decidedly negative connotation, and now it’s more likely to describe organizations that join together to limit supply of a product to force prices to remain high. You might read about an international drug cartel or a cartel of natural gas producers. To correctly pronounce the word cartel, put the accent on the second syllable: “car TEL.”

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英 [kɑː'tel] 美 [kɑːr'tel] (1) It is an example of an oil cartel.(2) Cartel members may defect by behaving competitively.(3) European bankers like to describe the US market as a cartel. When groups band together to control the supply of a product for their best interests, that’s called a cartel. If you and the other kids running lemonade stands form a cartel, you can force up the price of lemonade. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]卡特尔；同业联盟 A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices.   [BUSINESS 商]...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。

英语单词	cartel
英美音标	英 [kɑː'tel] 美 [kɑːr'tel]
中文释义	n.卡特尔；联合企业；俘虏交换条约书
英语例句	(1) It is an example of an oil cartel. (2) Cartel members may defect by behaving competitively. (3) European bankers like to describe the US market as a cartel.
中文例句	(1) 它是一个石油卡特尔的一个代表。 (2) 卡特尔的成员国由于进行竞争而会出现背叛。 (3) 欧洲的银行家们往往把美国市场描述为一个垄断联盟。
vocabulary简明	When groups band together to control the supply of a product for their best interests, that’s called a cartel. If you and the other kids running lemonade stands form a cartel, you can force up the price of lemonade.
vocabulary扩展	The word cartel originally referred to political parties that joined forces to promote a common cause. Over the years, cartel took on a decidedly negative connotation, and now it’s more likely to describe organizations that join together to limit supply of a product to force prices to remain high. You might read about an international drug cartel or a cartel of natural gas producers. To correctly pronounce the word cartel, put the accent on the second syllable: “car TEL.”
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]卡特尔；同业联盟 A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices. [BUSINESS 商] ...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。

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