monopoly

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  • n.垄断;专利;独占;专利品;专营服务;被垄断的商品(或服务);“大富翁”(棋类游戏,游戏者以玩具钞票买卖房地产)

复数: monopolies

mono- 单个 + -poly 卖

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies
1

垄断;专营服务;被垄断的商品(或服务)
the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service; a type of goods or a service that is controlled in this way

In the past central government had a monopoly on television broadcasting.

过去,中央政府对电视节目播放实行垄断。

Electricity, gas and water were considered to be natural monopolies.

电、煤气和水垄断经营过去被认为是理所当然的。

2

独占;专利;专利品
the complete control, possession or use of sth; a thing that belongs only to one person or group and that other people cannot share

Managers do not have a monopoly on stress.

并不只是经营管理者有压力。

A good education should not be the monopoly of the rich.

良好的教育不应该成为富人的专利。

3

“大富翁”(棋类游戏,游戏者以玩具钞票买卖房地产)
a board game in which players have to pretend to buy and sell land and houses, using pieces of paper that look like money

monopoly

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 垄断;专营服务
    If a company, person, or state has a monopoly on something such as an industry, they have complete control over it, so that it is impossible for others to become involved in it.

    ...Russian moves to end a state monopoly on land ownership.

    俄国人采取的终止国家垄断土地所有权的措施

  • 2
    N-COUNT 垄断企业;专卖者
    A monopoly is a company which is the only one providing a particular product or service.

    ...a state-owned monopoly.

    国有垄断企业

  • 3
    N-SING 独有;独具
    If you say that someone does not have a monopoly on something, you mean that they are not the only person who has that thing.

    Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal.

    被出卖的感觉并非只有女性才有。

noun

1
exclusive control or possession of something
They have no monopoly on intelligence
2
(economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
a monopoly on silver
when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like

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  1. The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade .

    这家公司实质上已经垄断了这种贸易。

  2. Had he succeeded , he would have acquired a monopoly

    要是他当时成功了,他就会取得垄断地位。

  3. A good education should not be the monopoly of the rich .

    良好的教育不应该成为富人的专利。

  4. Inflation was so high that the notes were like Monopoly money .

    通货膨胀严重,货币变得跟“大富翁”游戏钞票无异。

  5. ' Monopoly ' is one of the best-selling games of all time

    “大富翁”是有史以来最畅销的游戏之一。

  6. The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies .

    经济由于公共开支和私有垄断而变得僵化。

  7. His monopoly of shipbuilding in that country has been established .

    他对那个国家造船业的垄断已经建立起来。

  8. Neither side has a monopoly of right or wrong .

    没有哪一方全对或不对。

  9. It can be found in two forms : economic monopoly and administrative monopoly , with different causes .

    经济垄断和行政垄断是垄断的两种形式,它们的成因是不同的。

  10. Over the years , he 's picked off his competitors so that he now has a virtual monopoly .

    几年来,他一个一个地战胜了他的竞争对手,现已实际上成了垄断者。

  11. Perfect competition should drive profits to zero , at least theoretically , but we have monopolies making persistently high profits .

    完美的竞争至少在理论上应该会使利润为零,但我们有垄断企业持续获得高额利润。

  12. In France , card companies created EMV in part because the telephone monopoly was so maddeningly inefficient and expensive .

    在法国,信用卡公司创造EMV的部分原因是电话垄断既低效又昂贵,令人恼火。

  13. When we talk about the access code we see it as the new face of the textbook monopoly , a new way to lock students around this system , said Ethan Senack , the higher education advocate for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group , to BuzzFeed News .

    “说起这些访问代码,我们认为这是教科书垄断的新形式,是一种把学生锁在这个系统中的新方式,”美国公共利益研究集团高等教育倡导者伊桑·斯奈克对Buzzfeed新闻说道。

  14. In many countries , tobacco is a government monopoly .

    在许多国家,烟草由政府专营。

  15. The court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly .

    法庭发现在防止垄断方面进行资产剥离是必要的。

  16. The taxi industry was one of the first industries on the open market , and a government monopoly doesn 't exist .

    其实出租车行业是开放比较早的行业,不存在政府垄断。

  17. A lot of people think the government has a monopoly over the taxi industry , which is untrue .

    很多人认为政府在垄断出租车行业,其实不存在。

  18. The monopoly on taxies should be broken up and the numbers of taxies should be determined2 completely by the market .

    应该打破出租车行业垄断,根据市场需求来决定出租车资源配置。

  19. Internet Explorer debuted in 1995 as part of Windows 95 and became an instant hit . It successfully killed off Netscape Navigator , and it achieved a virtual monopoly in the early 2000s .

    IE浏览器于1995年伴随着Windows95电脑推出,推出后曾轰动一时,成功干掉了网景导航者浏览器,并在21世纪初达到了实质性的垄断地位。

  20. Natural Monopoly of Information Industry and Life Cycle of Information Products

    信息产业的自然垄断与信息产品的生命周期

  21. Chongqing Tobacco Monopoly and Marketing Information Management System Design and Implementation

    重庆烟草专卖与营销信息管理系统设计与实现

  22. How should the monopoly of the higher education market be changed ?

    高等教育市场的垄断又该如何进行转变?

  23. Internal Earnings Distribution in Monopoly Enterprise : a Case Study

    垄断企业内部的工资收入分配

  24. On Nature , Origin and Regulating System of China 's Administrative Monopoly

    论我国行政垄断的本质、形成原因和治理机制

  25. Telecommunication industry is a typical natural monopoly network industry .

    电信产业是典型的自然垄断网络产业。

  26. Efficiency Analysis and Regulate Price of Natural Monopoly Industry

    自然垄断行业政府规制定价与效率分析

  27. Analysis on the Theoretical Foundation for Allocation of Common Losses in Monopoly Service System

    垄断服务系统公共损耗费用分摊理论基础分析

  28. Analysis of Quality and Price of Monopoly Goods

    垄断产品的质量与价格分析

  29. On the Analysis of Administrative Monopoly and Legal Regulation

    浅谈行政垄断及其法律规制

  30. On Flexible Contract and Enterprises ' Monopoly Structure Mode

    论柔性契约与垄断结构企业模式

前缀
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monotonous adj. 单调的

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