托拉斯

tuōlāsī
noun #41,943

Meanings

  1. 1 trust (commercial monopoly)

Examples

HSK 4
Měiguó zài èrshí shìjì chū zhìdìng le fǎn tuōlāsī fǎ.
The United States enacted antitrust laws in the early 20th century.
HSK 7-9
Shíyóu tuōlāsī céngjīng lǒngduàn le zhěnggè shìchǎng.
The oil trust once monopolized the entire market.

Tips

history
Phonetic loan from English 'trust', referring to the late-19th-century US business form (Standard Oil, US Steel, etc.). Most often appears in 反托拉斯 ('antitrust'). The native term 垄断 (monopoly) is more common in everyday writing.

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