con-, 强调。-sort, 种类，类型，词源同series, sort. 即同类型的，形成团体的。

1. The consortium includes some of the biggest building contractors in Britain.

该联合企业包括英国最大的一些建筑承包商。

2. the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel

修建英吉利海峡隧道的英法财团

3. The new aircraft was developed by a European consortium.

这种新飞机是一家欧洲财团出资研制的.

4. A consortium plans to build a natural-gas pipeline from Russia to supply eastern Germany.

一家财团计划建造一条从俄罗斯向德国东部输送天然气的管道。

5. The consortium began its Herculean task by looking at supply chain processes.

该联盟从研究供应链的过程入手开始这个艰巨的任务.