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单词 monopolize
释义
monopolize
verb[T]
(UKusuallymonopolise)
uk
/məˈnɒp.əl.aɪz/us
/məˈnɑː.pəl.aɪz/

monopolizeverb[T](BUSINESS)

inbusiness, tocontrolsomethingcompletelyand topreventotherpeoplehaving anyeffecton whathappens:
垄断；包办；实行…的专卖
Thecompanyhad monopolized thephotographymarketfor so manydecadesthat they didn'tworryaboutcompetitionfrom othercompanies.这家公司垄断摄影市场几十年，他们不担心来自其他公司的竞争。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mergers & acquisitions
  • absorb
  • acquihire
  • acquire
  • acquisition
  • acquisitive
  • amalgamation
  • buyout
  • conglomerate
  • counterattack
  • denationalization
  • denationalize
  • fire sale
  • growth-oriented
  • hive
  • hostile
  • oligopoly
  • parent
  • parent company
  • partnership
  • spinsomethingoff
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monopolizeverb[T](PERSON/CONVERSATION)

If someone monopolizes apersonor aconversation, theytalka lot orstopotherpeoplebeinginvolved:
霸占；独占；完全控制
Shecompletelymonopolized theconversationatlunch.午餐时她滔滔不绝，别人根本无法插嘴。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • authoritatively
  • commanding
  • dictate
  • guiding principle
  • harness
  • have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
  • havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
  • havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
  • helm
  • override
  • police
  • policing
  • possess
  • power play
  • predominate
  • skipper
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monopolization
(Definition ofmonopolizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

monopolize| American Dictionary

monopolize
verb[T]
us
/məˈnɑp·əˌlɑɪz/
social studies
to have or takecompletecontrolof something so thatothersarepreventedfromsharingit:
Rockefeller monopolizedoilrefiningin the 1800s.
She has ahabitof monopolizing theconversation.
(Definition ofmonopolizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

monopolize| Business English

monopolize
verb[T]
(UKalsomonopolise)
uk
/məˈnɒpəlaɪz/us
to takecontrolof thesupplyandpriceof aparticularproductorservice:
Businesses mighttryto monopolize amarket.

monopolization

noun[U](UKalsomonopolisation)
In the government'sview, thegoalis to "ensurethat thereremainnopracticeslikelytoresultin monopolization."
(Definition ofmonopolizefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmonopolize

monopolize
The state monopolized or dominated production of many goods and services, including telecommunications, banking, energy, broadcasting, forestry, tourism and transport.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The profits from monopolizing the innovation serve as the platform for the lead economy attaining political-economic leadership.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The war expenses monopolized an increasing part of the budget, in detriment to work on the dockyards and the new city.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The elites were very successful in monopolizing cultural activities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The intent was to prevent a utility in concert with a manufacturer of incandescent lamps from monopolizing the sale of lamps.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Domestic private media and international satellite and internet providers compete with the state-owned media for audience in countries where government once monopolized broadcasting.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The chiefly leaders appeared to have monopolized the possession of gold objects, and apparently held rights to placer rivers within the chiefdom's territory, where gold was panned.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Patricians are credited with trying to distinguish themselves as a separate social group within this complicated urban context and, if they did, it is unlikely that they monopolized this activity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Ceremonial exchange was, furthermore, linked with the power structures within these societies; prestige objects and the networks of exchange were monopolized by the leaders and their followers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They monopolized the market with the outside.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The trust often monopolized the total market of a country by making contracts with the government, and even if this failed, it tried to absorb major local companies.
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State-level politicians' fear of driving mobile capital out of their states gave business the upper hand as long as politics at the state level monopolized social policy-making.
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At the present time, these are totally monopolized by the executive powers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The genetic resources of our planet must not be monopolized in the private hands of a few companies.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I am quite sure it is true that it cannot be monopolized.
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