Definition
托拉斯 is a Chinese loanword from English 'trust' (the business monopoly sense), referring to a large-scale corporate merger or cartel that controls an entire industry. It entered Chinese through Japanese (トラスト) in the early 20th century and is used in economic and historical contexts, often with a critical connotation in Marxist discourse as a form of monopoly capitalism. You'll encounter it in economics textbooks, business history, and discussions of antitrust regulation.
n.
(economic) trustmonopoly cartel
Examples
- 托拉斯。Zhège tuō lā kòngzhì le quánguó shíyóu shìchǎng.This trust controls the national oil market.
- 托拉斯。Zhèngfǔ chūtái le fǎn tuō lā fǎ lái xiànzhì lǒngduàn.The government introduced antitrust laws to limit monopolies.
- ，托拉斯。Shíjiǔ shìjì mò, Měiguó chūxiàn le xǔduō dà tuō lā.At the end of the 19th century, many large trusts emerged in the United States.
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