consortium
noun /kənˈsɔːtiəm/
/kənˈsɔːrʃiəm/, /kənˈsɔːrtiəm/
(plural consortiums, consortia
/kənˈsɔːtiə/, /kənˈsɔːʃə/
/kənˈsɔːrtiə/, /kənˈsɔːrʃə/
)- a group of people, countries, companies, etc. who are working together on a particular project
(合作进行某项工程的)财团,银团,联营企业 - the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel
修建英吉利海峡隧道的英法财团 - Our company forms part of a consortium of local businesses working for environmental change.
我们公司是致力于环境变化的当地企业联盟的一部分。
词源early 19th cent. (in the sense ‘partnership’): from Latin, from consors ‘sharing, partner’, from con- ‘together with’ + sors, sort- ‘lot, destiny’. - the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel