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conglomerate n.联合企业；密集体；城郊混合区；[地]砾岩adj.聚成一团的；成簇的vt.使聚集；使结成；结合 (1) 一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。(2) 该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。(3) 这幢房子是多种建筑风格的综合。(4) 砂岩和砾岩分别是砂和砾石固结的产物。(5) 在她周围聚集了一大群人。 The root of conglomerate is glomus, a Latin word for “ball.” So think of a conglomerate as a bunch of different things balled together. Before it came to describe giant corporations, a conglomerate  was a rock formed from different kinds of minerals. Conglomerate can also be used as a verb — like when your media companies conglomerated successfully.

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英 [kən'ɡlɒmərət] 美 [kən'ɡlɑːmərət] (1) An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.(2) The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.(3) The house was a conglomerate of architectural styles.(4) Sandstone and conglomerate are the consolidated equivalent of sand and gravel.(5) A large number of people conglomerated round her. A conglomerate is a group of things, especially companies, put together to form one. If you are rich enough to buy a TV network, a record company, several newspapers, and a radio station, you too can own a media conglomerate. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]大型联合企业；企业集团 A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.   [oft adj N]  [BUSINESS 商]Fiat is Italy's largest industrial conglomerate.菲亚特是意大利最大的产业集团。

英语单词	conglomerate
英美音标	英 [kən'ɡlɒmərət] 美 [kən'ɡlɑːmərət]
中文释义	n.联合企业；密集体；城郊混合区；[地]砾岩 adj.聚成一团的；成簇的 vt.使聚集；使结成；结合
英语例句	(1) An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company. (2) The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate. (3) The house was a conglomerate of architectural styles. (4) Sandstone and conglomerate are the consolidated equivalent of sand and gravel. (5) A large number of people conglomerated round her.
中文例句	(1) 一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。 (2) 该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。 (3) 这幢房子是多种建筑风格的综合。 (4) 砂岩和砾岩分别是砂和砾石固结的产物。 (5) 在她周围聚集了一大群人。
vocabulary简明	A conglomerate is a group of things, especially companies, put together to form one. If you are rich enough to buy a TV network, a record company, several newspapers, and a radio station, you too can own a media conglomerate.
vocabulary扩展	The root of conglomerate is glomus, a Latin word for “ball.” So think of a conglomerate as a bunch of different things balled together. Before it came to describe giant corporations, a conglomerate was a rock formed from different kinds of minerals. Conglomerate can also be used as a verb — like when your media companies conglomerated successfully.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]大型联合企业；企业集团 A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies. [oft adj N] [BUSINESS 商] Fiat is Italy's largest industrial conglomerate. 菲亚特是意大利最大的产业集团。

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