Anti-trust: 反托拉斯
[ 2004-07-14 01:00 ]
7月14日,在就微软利用其影响力签署特权合同一事进行了调查之后,日本公平贸易委员会(FTC)正式对软件业巨头微软提出不得违反反垄断法的警告。外电有这样的报道:Software giant Microsoft Corp. received a warning from Japan's anti-trust regulators about unfair business practices on Tuesday, but the decision did not carry the heavy fines the U.S. firm was given in Europe. trust作为可数名词时,可以解释为“托拉斯”,即企业间为减少竞争和操纵价格而成立的组合,anti-是一个表示"反对"意义的前缀,因此上文中anti-trust的意思就是“反垄断、反托拉斯”,例如:A tying arrangement violates antitrust laws.(搭配销售安排违反了反垄断法律。)
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