When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
例句
The firm has amalgamated with an American company...該公司和一家美國(guó)公司合并了。The chemical companies had amalgamated into a vast conglomerate...那些化學(xué)品公司已經(jīng)合并成一個(gè)龐大的企業(yè)集團(tuán)。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
合并;混合
Amalgamation was the only alternative to going bankrupt.聯(lián)合起來(lái)是避免破產(chǎn)的唯一途徑。The proposed amalgamation of the two institutes has mow fallen through.這兩個(gè)研究所打算合并的事現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)落空了。We look towards the amalgamation of some of the neighborhood factories.我們指望合并一些里弄工廠。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the combination of two or more commercial companies