merge:to combine or make two or more things combine to form a single thing (使)合并,结合,并入
His department will be merged with mine. 他的部门将和我的部门合并.
The company was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并组成的.
take something over:to gain control of a business, a company, etc., especially by buying shares 接收,接管(企业、公司等,尤指通过购买股份)
CBS Records was taken over by Sony. 哥伦比亚广播公司的唱片公司已被索尼公司收购.
if you can't beat them, join them
if you cannot defeat somebody or be as successful as they are, then it is more sensible to join them in what they are doing and perhaps get some advantage for yourself by doing so 打不赢,就投靠