con·glom·er·ate
noun/kənˈɡlɒmərət/
/kənˈɡlɑːmərət/
- [countable] (business) 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 ExamplesTopics Businessc2- 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
a/大型/国际/跨国集团
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- huge
- …
- He turned the business into a huge media conglomerate.
- [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) 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.