Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #9077
conglomerate
大型联合企业；企业集团
核心释义
A large corporation formed by combining several smaller companies, often in different or unrelated industries.
- 1.
异质事物的聚集
A cluster of heterogeneous things.
- 2.
由不同大小颗粒组成的复合岩石
a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
- 3.
由多个小公司组合而成的企业集团,其活动与主要活动无关
A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
- 4.
在共同所有权下作为单一组织运营的多样化公司集团
a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- 5.
由砾石或卵石嵌入基质中形成的岩石
A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.
混合物；聚合体；砾岩；异质事物的聚集；由不同大小颗粒组成的复合岩石；由多个小公司组合而成的企业集团,其活动与主要活动无关
用法In use
The media conglomerate owns several television networks and film studios.
用法提示：名词conglomerate在此指由多家公司组成的企业集团。
The conglomerate decided to sell its underperforming divisions to focus on core businesses.
用法提示：名词conglomerate表示由多个子公司组成的联合企业。
Many investors view the conglomerate as a stable investment due to its diverse portfolio.
用法提示：名词conglomerate指拥有多元业务的大型企业集团。
a conglomerate of sth
of 后接构成整体的多种事物，既可用于企业集团，也可泛指事物的混合体。
The collection is a conglomerate of styles from different eras.
这个收藏品是不同时代风格的聚合体。
adj + conglomerate
名词前可加 media、industrial、financial 等词说明集团所属行业。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- media conglomerate
- 传媒集团；媒体企业集团
- The media conglomerate owns dozens of newspapers and television stations.这家传媒集团拥有数十家报纸和电视台。
- multinational conglomerate
- 跨国企业集团
- She works for a multinational conglomerate with offices in more than thirty countries.她在一家跨国企业集团工作，该集团在三十多个国家设有办事处。
- diversified conglomerate
- 多元化企业集团；多种经营联合企业
- A diversified conglomerate can reduce risk by operating in many different industries.多元化企业集团可以通过经营多个不同行业来降低风险。
- conglomerate merger
- 跨行业合并；企业集团并购
- The conglomerate merger created one of the largest companies in the country.这次跨行业合并造就了全国最大的公司之一。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记：con（共同）+ glom（聚成团）+ erate → 不同公司/石子聚成一大团，即企业集团或砾岩。想象‘共同滚成一团’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：商业新闻、金融报道、经济学教材 作名词表示“大型联合企业/企业集团”时，多用于正式的商业、金融或新闻语境，如财报、公司公告和经济学教材；日常口语中用company或business group更自然。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，常与介词 of 连用
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Among the list, only 'agglomerate' rhymes with 'conglomerate' (same stressed vowel /ɑ/ and ending /mərət/). The others are lookalikes: they end in '-ate' and share the reduced final /ət/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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