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monopoly

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mo·nop·o·ly /məˈnɒpəli $ məˈnɑː-/ ●●○ noun (plural monopolies)  
1  [countableC]BBCONTROL if a company or government has a monopoly of a business or political activity, it has complete control of it so that other organizations cannot compete with it 垄断；独占；专营
monopoly of
 They are demanding an end to the Communist Party’s monopoly of power.
他们要求结束工党的一党专政。
 the state monopoly of television
国家对电视的垄断
monopoly on/in
 For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US.
贝尔电话公司曾多年垄断美国的电话业务。
 a monopoly in copper trading
对铜交易的垄断
2  [countableC] a large company that controls all or most of a business activity 垄断者；垄断企业；专卖者
 The company is a state-owned monopoly.
该公司是一家国有垄断企业。
3  [singular]OWN if someone has a monopoly on something, that thing belongs to them, and no one else can share it 垄断品；被独占的东西
 Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate.
有关教育问题的辩论并不是老师的专利。
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monopoly• Because the state tried to enforce a monopoly on ideas, intellectuals were both at great risk and terrifically influential.• It is not good for consumers if one company has a monopoly in any area of trade.• the De Beers diamond monopoly• Lewie and his monopoly were gone, a loss of at least a few hundred million dollars more.• It was not easy to persuade the monarchy to let go of its monopoly of power.• In contrast, public monopolies that are thrust fully into competition have little choice but to please their customers.• It is poor families who are usually stuck with the worst consequences of school monopoly and bureaucratization.• Tax concessions for new companies and the end of the state monopoly on import-export trade were also announced.• After decades of dreary state-run television monopolies, most of these markets are starting to open up to private competitors.• Within a few years, the company had a virtual monopoly over all trade with India.• Microsoft, which has had a virtual monopoly, has managed 53 % a year.
monopoly of power• At the same time it amended the republic's constitution to abolish the guaranteed Communist Party monopoly of power.
Monopolyn trademark  
na very popular type of board game that has been sold since the 1930s. Players use toy money to buy streets and buildings on squares on the board, and then make other players pay rent if they move onto those squares. The squares on the board show the names of real streets in cities in the US (=in an American Monopoly set), London (=in a British Monopoly set), or other big cities around the world. People sometimes use the expression Monopoly money to mean a very large amount of money
 You know how much it costs to buy an apartment in Tokyo? It's Monopoly money!
From Longman Business Dictionary
monopolymo·nop·o·ly /məˈnɒpəliməˈnɑː-/ noun (plural monopolies)
1[countableC, uncountableU]ECONOMICS a situation where a business activity is controlled by only one company or by the government, and other companies do not compete with it
The national airline is no longer a monopoly. At least 10 new airlines now compete against it.
monopoly on
For years, it enjoyed a monopoly on oil exploration and production in Argentina.
The company has been granted a monopoly over Italian high-speed train lines.
There remains the threat of monopoly.
→ commercial monopoly → legal monopoly → natural monopoly → state monopoly
2have/hold a monopoly on something if one person, group, or organization has a monopoly on something, they have something that others do not have
This bank does not have a monopoly on bad loans.
Origin monopoly
(1500-1600) Latin monopolium, from Greek, from mono- ( → MONO-) + polein “to sell”
mo·nop·o·ly nounMonopolyn
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3446 COCA: 5686
monopoly

noun¹

 1control by one company由一家公司控制ADJECTIVE | VERB + MONOPOLY | MONOPOLY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤effective, near, virtual有效的／近乎／實質上的壟斷▸➤absolute, total完全的壟斷▸➤government, state政府壟斷；國家專營▸➤local, national地方的／全國範圍的壟斷➤natural自然壟斷◇Water is a natural monopoly.供水是自然壟斷行業。VERB + MONOPOLY➤enjoy, exercise, have, hold享有專營權；實行壟斷；居於壟斷地位◇The company has a virtual monopoly in world markets.這家公司實際上壟斷着國際市場。➤create, establish, gain, get, secure, set up建立壟斷地位；獲得專營權▸➤keep, maintain, preserve, retain保持壟斷地位；維持壟斷地位▸➤lose失去壟斷地位▸➤give sb, grant sb給予某人專營權▸➤challenge挑戰壟斷地位◇companies who are challenging the state monopolies挑戰國家壟斷地位的那些公司➤break, break up, end打破壟斷；結束壟斷◇attempts to break the company's monopoly of the sugar industry打破該公司在食糖業壟斷地位的種種努力MONOPOLY + NOUN➤position壟斷地位◇The company was able to exploit its monopoly position.這家公司得以利用其壟斷地位。➤control, power壟斷控制／勢力◇The company used its monopoly control to charge exorbitant fees.該公司利用其壟斷控制地位收取奇高的費用。PREPOSITION➤monopoly in在⋯方面的壟斷◇They created a monopoly in the export of wool.他們壟斷了羊毛出口。➤monopoly of⋯的壟斷◇One company holds a monopoly of the raw materials.一家公司壟斷着原材料。➤monopoly on⋯上的壟斷◇The company lost its monopoly on exporting beer to India.這家公司失去了向印度出口啤酒的專營權。➤monopoly over對於⋯的壟斷◇They will fight to maintain their monopoly over local bus services.他們會拚命維護在當地公交行業的壟斷地位。
monopoly

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 2organization組織ADJECTIVE➤public, state, state-controlled, state-owned國家壟斷組織；國有壟斷組織◇the privatization of state-owned monopolies such as the gas and electricity industries煤氣、電力等國有壟斷行業的私有化➤giant, powerful壟斷巨頭；勢力強大的壟斷組織▸➤private私人壟斷組織▸➤statutory合法的壟斷組織➤gas, oil天然氣／原油壟斷企業◇the giant gas monopoly Gazprom天然氣壟斷巨頭俄羅斯天然氣工業股份公司➤media媒體壟斷組織◇It was one of the first new-media companies to take on Latin America's media monopolies.那是首先向拉丁美洲媒體壟斷巨頭發起挑戰的新媒體公司之一。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3446 COCA: 5686
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3446 COCA: 5686
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