behemoths

英 [bɪˈhiːmɒθs]

美 [bɪˈhiməθs]

n.  巨头(指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构)
behemoth的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 庞然大物；巨兽
  If you refer to something as abehemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
  1. The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.
     这座城市无计划地向外扩展着，成为一个中心缺失的庞然大物。
  2. ...his behemoth 1,047 page book.
     他厚达1,047页的皇皇巨著

双语例句

• In contrast to bondholders, shareholders see banking behemoths as scarily complex, not comfortingly protected.
  与债券持有者相比，股票持有者觉得银行业巨擘复杂得让人害怕，而没有受到让人安稳的保护。
• The emergence of bigger and even more complex financial behemoths all too big to fail is a harbinger of crises to come.
  更大、甚至更为复杂的金融“巨兽”的出现都因太大而不会破产是危机将要来临的预兆。
• The advantages of a vigorous free-market economy compete now with the risks that corporate behemoths pose to core societal values, not least the integrity of the ecosphere and our common survival.
  目前，蓬勃发展的自由市场经济的优势，与企业巨擘对核心社会价值观构成的风险形成了竞争，特别是生态环境与我们共生的完整性。
• While investors have become used to viewing Chinese banks as lookalike state-owned behemoths, their latest batch of earnings was notable for the growing divergence in their strategies and fortunes.
  尽管投资者已习惯于把中国各银行视为大同小异的国有巨擘，但最新业绩数据显示，它们在战略和财富方面的差距越来越大。
• Rather than fight the formation of global behemoths, policy makers must ensure they do not abuse their power.
  政策制定者必须确保全球巨头不会滥用自己的实力，而非防止它们的形成。
• The dilemma is being played out all over corporate America and beyond as companies ranging from behemoths like General Electric to small-town retailers and community banks re-examine themselves in the unflattering light of a global recession.
  这种两难处境正在全美乃至美国之外的公司上演，范围从通用电气（GeneralElectric）这样的庞然大物，到小镇零售商和社区银行，面对全球衰退的不利环境，这些公司开始重新审视自己。
• But for technology behemoths that count on computers like Intel and Hewlett-Packard, the new crop of thinner laptops are the latest attempt to electroshock demand.
  但对于英特尔（Intel）和惠普（Hewlett-Packard）这样依靠计算机的技术巨头而言，新一季更纤薄的笔记本电脑是它们试图采用电击式疗法提振市场需求的最新尝试。
• Back then the oil industry reacted by unveiling an unprecedented string of megadeals, which created the behemoths that dominate the market today.
  当时的石油工业做出反应，发起空前的一连串巨额交易，造就了当今主导市场的几个庞然大物。
• At first, these were curiosities. They'd soon become unshakable industry behemoths.
  起初，这些产品只是令人感兴趣，但不久之后，它们都成为了不可动摇的业界霸主。
• The company will also display more powerful versions of the Hummer H2 and H3 behemoths, though it boasts that the new H2 is more fuel-efficient than predecessor.
  该公司还将展出动力更为强劲的新版悍马（hummer）h2和h3，而该公司夸口称，新型h2比上一个版本能效更高。