monopoly

英 [mə'nɒpəli] 美 [mə'nɑːpəli]

• n. 垄断；独占；专利；控制

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S]垄断,专卖

   possession of, or control over sth which is not shared by others

2. [C]垄断权,专卖权

   a right or power held by one single person or group to provide a service, produce sth, etc.

3. [C]专卖品; 专卖〔独占〕事业

   exclusive commodity; business corporation with exclusive control

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 专利（权），专卖（权）
2. 垄断（权），独占（权）
3. 专利品，垄断商品，专卖商品
4. 垄断公司
5. 完全控制
6. 独占者
7. 专卖者
8. 独占事业，专营服务

英英释义

Noun:

1. (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"
   

2. exclusive control or possession of something;

   "They have no monopoly on intelligence"
   

3. a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Liberty and monopoly cannot live together.
   自由与垄断不能并存。
2. The company will become a state-owned monopoly.
   这家企业将变成一家国有的垄断企业。
3. Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.
   帝国主义是资本主义的垄断阶段。
4. The government has a monopoly of oil production in that country.
   在那个国家，政府独占石油开采权。
5. Scientific achievement is not a male monopoly.
   科学上的成就不是男人的专利。
6. Humans don't have a monopoly on laughter.
   笑并非人类的专利。
7. The people who used to control the editorial filters can't accept that their monopoly now is gone.
   那些曾经控制编辑过滤不能接受他们的垄断地位的人们，现在已经不存在了。
8. One evening, we sat playing Monopoly while thunder and lightning and high winds raged outside.
   有天夜晚，我们正在玩控制游戏时，窗外突然电闪雷鸣，狂风大作。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. Neither side has a monopoly of right or wrong.
   没有哪一方全对或不对。
3. In many countries tobacco is a government monopoly.
   在许多国家,烟草是政府的专卖品。

经典引文

• You have, in this kingdom, an advantage in Lead, that amounts to a monopoly.

  出自： Burke

词汇搭配

• monopoly capital 垄断资本
• pure monopoly 纯粹<完全>垄断...
• government monopoly 国家垄断,政府专利...
• monopoly position 垄断地位
• discriminating monopoly 歧视性独占
• import monopoly 进口专营
• financial monopoly 财政金融垄断...
• monopoly profit 垄断利润
• national monopoly 国家专利
• monopoly power 垄断力量
• monopoly enterprise 垄断企业
• fiscal monopoly 专卖
• monopoly capitalism 垄断资本主义...
• state monopoly 国家垄断
• monopoly contract 独家经理契约...
• technical monopoly 技术独占
• monopoly price 垄断价格
• monopoly right 专利权,专卖权...
• bilateral monopoly 双边垄断,相互独家垄...
• natural monopoly 自然独占

词源解说

• ☆ 16世纪30年代进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的monopolium，意为独卖。

近反义词

【近义词】

• control 掌控
• corner 角落
• possession 拥有
• cartel 卡特尔
• trust 信任
• domination 支配