antitrust

IPA/ˌæntiˈtrʌst/
KK[ˌæntaɪtrˈʌst]IPA/ˌæntiˈtrʌst/

antitrust — 形容詞

  • antitrustpositive
  • more antitrustcomparative
  • most antitrustsuperlative

1. relating to laws and government actions that prevent large businesses from unfai

1.形容詞B2
釋義

反壟斷的

防止企業壟斷或聯手操控價格的

relating to laws and government actions that prevent large businesses from unfairly taking over a market, secretly agreeing on prices, or blocking other companies from competing fairly.

例句

The antitrust investigation into the three tech companies lasted nearly two years.

針對這三家科技公司的反壟斷調查持續了將近兩年。

Ada's law firm specializes in antitrust cases against large pharmaceutical corporations.

Ada 任職的律師事務所專門處理大型藥廠的反壟斷案件。

attributive noun: antitrust cases

常見搭配
  • antitrust law
  • antitrust investigation
  • antitrust case
  • antitrust enforcement
  • antitrust policy
  • antitrust legislation
  • antitrust action
  • antitrust lawsuit
  • antitrust ruling
  • antitrust violation
  • antitrust regulator
  • antitrust authority
同義詞
  • anti-monopoly

    Narrower in scope — focuses specifically on single-supplier dominance rather than other unfair practices like price-fixing.

  • pro-competitive

    Describes the intended outcome (promoting competition) rather than the legal framework itself.

  • competition

    Used in compounds like 'competition law'; more common in UK and EU legal contexts than US.

反義詞
  • anti-competitive

    Describes the behaviour that antitrust laws are meant to prevent, not the laws themselves.

文法句型

antitrust + noun

用法筆記

Frequently used as an attributive adjective before nouns such as 'law', 'case', 'investigation', and 'policy'. Cannot be used predicatively with a complement (*The law is antitrust).

常見錯誤

The company was found guilty of antitrust.
The company was found guilty of antitrust violations.
'antitrust' is an adjective; it needs a noun like 'violations' or 'practices' to complete the meaning.
The government took antitrust against the merger.
The government took antitrust action against the merger.
'antitrust' is not a noun; use 'antitrust action' or 'antitrust measures'.

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常用片語

  • antitrust law
  • antitrust investigation
  • antitrust case
  • antitrust enforcement
  • antitrust policy

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