monopoly

英 [məˈnɒpəli]

美 [məˈnɑːpəli]

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

复数：monopolies　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8BEC经济

Collins.2 / BNC.3446 / COCA.5686

牛津词典

noun

• 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
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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
  1. Managers do not have a monopoly on stress.
     并不只是经营管理者有压力。
  2. 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。
• “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

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 垄断;专营服务
  If a company, person, or state has amonopoly onsomething such as an industry, they have complete control over it, so that it is impossible for others to become involved in it.
  1. ...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. ...the governing party's monopoly over the media.
     执政党对媒体的垄断
  3. ...an inquiry by the Monopolies Commission.
     垄断委员会的调查
• N-COUNT 垄断企业;专卖者
  Amonopolyis a company which is the only one providing a particular product or service.
  1. ...a state-owned monopoly.
     国有垄断企业
• N-SING 独有;独具
  If you say that someone does not have amonopoly onsomething, you mean that they are not the only person who has that thing.
  1. Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal.
     被出卖的感觉并非只有女性才有。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Neither side has a monopoly of right or wrong.
  没有哪一方全对或不对。
• 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。
• Agriculture, important as it is, should not have a monopoly on this Round.
  农业虽然重要，但不应该垄断本次谈判回合。
• 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。
• On the influences of administrative monopoly on the development of building industrial organization;
  行政垄断是长期制约和困扰我国企业改革和产业发展的顽症。
• ARticle 4. Monopoly and unfair competition shall be prohibited in advertising operations.
  第四条在广告经营活动中，禁止垄断和不正当竞争行为。
• The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration will be subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and Informatization.
  国家烟草专卖局改由工业和信息化部管理。
• Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal.
  被出卖的感觉并非只有女性才有。
• A regulatory framework has to be established to address market failures caused by monopoly, externality and asymmetric information.
  与此同时，还必须建立一个监管框架来应对由于垄断、外部性和信息不对称引起的市场失灵问题。
• Algeria has passed wide-ranging reforms of the media, ending a state monopoly on broadcasting.
  阿尔及利亚通过了广泛的媒体改革措施，终止了国家对广播的垄断。