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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·sor·tium ETYMOLOGY Latin, fellowship, from consort-, consors DATE 1829 1. an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member 2. association , society 3. the legal right of one spouse to the company, affection, and assistance of and to sexual relations with the other English Etymology consortium 1829, from L. consortium, lit. "partnership," from consors (see consort (v.)). Earlier, in British law, a term for "right of husband's access to his wife." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 consortium con·sor·tium / kEn5sC:tiEm; NAmE -5sC:rt- / noun(pl. con·sor·tiums or con·sor·tia / -tiE / ) a group of people, countries, companies, etc. who are working together on a particular project (合作进行某项工程的)财团,银团,联营企业: the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel 修建英吉利海峡隧道的英法财团 OLT consortium noun ⇨ group 3 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·sor·ti·um \kənˈsȯrsh(ē)əm, -ȯrd.ēəm\ noun (plural consor·tia \-rsh(ē)ə, -rd.ēə\ ; also consortiums \-mz\) Etymology: Latin, fellowship, from consort-, consors + -ium 1. : an international business or banking agreement or combination (as for the financial assistance of another nation or for the control of a particular industry in a country or countries) — compare cartel , trust 2. : association , fellowship , club , society < speaking of distinguished consortia, a new one called the Renaissance Society of America is announced — New York Herald Tribune Book Review > 3. a. : marital association — used chiefly in a legal action for damages for injury to a spouse or for alienation of a spouse's affections < loss of consortium > b. : persistent intimate association of different kinds of organisms usually with close physical contact (as in the symbiosis of certain algae) |
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