1610s, noun of action from archaic amalgam (v.) "to alloy with mercury" (see amalgamate). Figurative, non-chemical sense of "a combining into one uniform whole" is attested from 1775.
雙語例句
1. Athletics South Africa was formed by an amalgamation of two organisations.
南非體育協(xié)會(huì)由兩個(gè)組織合并而成。
來自柯林斯例句
2. We look towards the amalgamation of some of the neighborhood factories.
我們指望合并一些里弄工廠.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Amalgamation was the only alternative to going bankrupt.