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a syndicate of [people/organizations]
名词用法：指由个人或组织组成的联合体、财团等，后接 of 引出成员。
A syndicate of banks financed the construction of the new bridge.
一个银行财团为新桥的建设提供了资金。
犯罪集团；黑帮组织
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
犯罪集团；黑帮组织
a loose association of gangsters in charge of organized crime
A syndicate of banks financed the construction of the new bridge.
一个银行财团为新桥的建设提供了资金。
此义指犯罪组织，不是商业上的企业联合。
为特定业务或共同利益而组成的个人或公司团体；自我协调的团体。
A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
负责有组织犯罪活动的黑帮松散联盟
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
市政官的职位或管辖权；市政官团体或委员会。
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.
为某一特定目的而组成的公司联合体
an association of companies for some definite purpose
The police spent months gathering evidence against the crime syndicate that controlled the port.
警方花了数月收集证据，以打击控制港口的犯罪集团。
Investigators believe the syndicate operates across three countries.
调查人员认为该犯罪集团在三个国家开展活动。
The trial exposed how the syndicate bribed local officials.
审判揭露了该犯罪集团如何贿赂当地官员。
名词用法：指由个人或组织组成的联合体、财团等，后接 of 引出成员。
A syndicate of banks financed the construction of the new bridge.
一个银行财团为新桥的建设提供了资金。
动词用法：及物动词，表示“使……联合成辛迪加”，后接宾语。
The two companies agreed to syndicate their operations.
这两家公司同意将它们（各自的）业务联合成辛迪加。
Not this
Police broke up syndicate.
Use this
Police broke up a syndicate.
syndicate 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词（如 a/the）。中文可以说“警方捣毁了辛迪加”，但英语不能说 broke up syndicate，需要加 a 来限定这个可数名词。
Not this
His column syndicated in many newspapers.
Use this
His column was syndicated in many newspapers.
表示“通过辛迪加在多家媒体发表”时，syndicate 是及物动词，必须接宾语；文章是动作承受者，所以要用被动语态 be syndicated。不能说 column syndicated，那样会缺少宾语且语态错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
犯罪集团
The police are investigating a local crime syndicate.
警方正在调查一个当地的犯罪集团。
贩毒集团
The drug syndicate was broken up by international police.
这个贩毒集团被国际警方捣毁了。
集团头目
The syndicate boss was arrested at his home.
集团头目在其家中被捕。
组成银团贷款
Several banks agreed to syndicate a loan for the new railway project.
几家银行同意为新铁路项目联合发放银团贷款。
在多家报刊同时发表（专栏）
They syndicate the column to fifty local papers.
他们把专栏同时卖给五十家地方报纸发表。
Use syndicate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
syndicate 发音开头像 sin（罪），可联想黑帮组织尽做坏事。
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、police investigations、legal documents 作“犯罪集团”讲时，多用于新闻报道、警方或法律语境，语气比较正式；日常口语中较少使用。
syndicate 作名词读 /ˈsɪndɪkət/，结尾 -icate 发 /ɪkət/。拼写相同的 -icate 词发音常分两类：名词/形容词读 /ɪkət/（如 certificate、duplicate、advocate、delicate），动词读 /ɪkeɪt/（如 indicate、fabricate）。别只按拼写猜读音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.