conglomerate

複合企業、コングロマリット

異なる事業分野の小さな会社をまとめた大きな会社。

やさしい英語で： A large company made up of smaller companies working in different areas of business.

• A large conglomerate owns the newspaper.
• The conglomerate bought three food companies last year.
• Several international conglomerates have offices here.

類義語： business group

よく使う表現： media conglomerate, industrial conglomerate, multinational conglomerate

礫岩

丸い石や砂利が、より細かい物質で固まってできた岩石。

やさしい英語で： A rock made of rounded stones or pieces of gravel held together by finer material.

• The cliff is made of conglomerate.
• Rounded pebbles are visible in this conglomerate.
• We found several layers of conglomerate above the sandstone.

よく使う表現： conglomerate rock, layer of conglomerate, coarse conglomerate

群がった、密集した

一つの集団や塊になるように、密に集まった。

やさしい英語で： Gathered closely together into a single group or mass.

• The plant bears conglomerate flowers.
• Under the microscope, the cells formed a conglomerate mass.
• These conglomerate flower heads contain many tiny blooms.

類義語： clustered, bunched

よく使う表現： conglomerate flowers, conglomerate clusters, conglomerate mass

礫岩質の

岩の破片や丸い石がしっかり固まってできている。

やさしい英語で： Made of pieces of rock or rounded stones held firmly together.

• The workers cut through conglomerate rock.
• We examined the conglomerate layers beneath the soil.
• These conglomerate deposits contain large rounded stones.

よく使う表現： conglomerate rock, conglomerate layers, conglomerate deposits

凝集する

物が集まったり、物を集めたりして、より大きな塊を作る。

やさしい英語で： To join together or collect things into a larger mass.

• Small particles conglomerate into larger lumps.
• Heat conglomerated the loose material into a solid mass.
• The fragments slowly conglomerated at the bottom of the tank.

使い方： conglomerate into something (The grains conglomerated into a single lump.)

類義語： combine, cluster, agglomerate

反対語： separate

よく使う表現： conglomerate into something, conglomerate particles

企業を合併する

複数の企業を一つの大きな会社にまとめる。

やさしい英語で： To bring several businesses together as one larger company.

• The owners planned to conglomerate several small firms.
• Those businesses conglomerated into a single corporation.
• The group conglomerated companies from several unrelated industries.

使い方： conglomerate into something (The smaller companies conglomerated into a large industrial group.)

類義語： merge, combine, consolidate

よく使う表現： conglomerate several companies, conglomerate into something