conglomerate

noun

/kənˈɡlɒmərət/

/kənˈɡlɑːmərət/

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[countable] (business商业) a large company formed by joining together different firms联合大公司；企业集团
- He turned the business into a huge media conglomerate.他令公司成为一个庞大的大众传媒联合集团。
Extra Examples
- the giant pharmaceutical conglomerates大型制药联合企业
- one of seven global media conglomerates that dominate the industry主导该行业的全球七大媒体联合企业之一
- a/an chemical/industrial/engineering/mining conglomerate化学／工业／工程／矿业联合集团
- a/an vast/international/multinational conglomerate大型/国际/跨国企业集团
Topics Businessc2
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adjective
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[singular] (formal) a number of things or parts that are put together to form a whole合成物；组合物；聚合物
[uncountable] (geology地质学) a type of rock made of small stones held together by dried clay砾岩

Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective describing something gathered up into a rounded mass): from Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare, from con- ‘together’ + glomus, glomer- ‘ball’. The geological sense dates from the early 19th cent.; the other noun senses are later.