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

• Monopoly and privilege need to be challenged.
  必须向垄断和特权发起挑战。
• We have seen an evident effect of the reform in some fields of the natural monopoly industries.
  我国在自然垄断产业的某些领域的改革，已经取得了明显的成效。
• We opposed the state monopoly of news and information that existed in Stalinist states.
  我们反对曾存在于斯大林主义国家中对新闻和信息的国家垄断。
• 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。
• Competition and ownership reform are main trends in the regulatory reform of natural monopoly industries.
  摘要竞争与所有制改革是目前自然垄断行业规制改革的主要趋势。
• 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。
• China to set up agencies to curb market manipulation, monopoly.
  政府欲设立专门机构，控制市场操控和垄断。
• 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。
• Administrative monopoly is closely connected with government functions, the economic system and the level of opening up.
  行政垄断行为是与政府职能、经济体制和开放水平密切相关的。
• 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。