| 词汇 | monopoly |
| 释义 | monopoly noun[ C or S ] uk /məˈnɒp.əl.i/ us /məˈnɑː.pəl.i/ C2 (an organization or group that has) complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have no share: 垄断（机构）;专卖;独占 The government is determined to protect its tobacco monopoly.政府下决心保护其烟草专卖权。 Is Microsoft a monopoly?微软是垄断企业吗？ The drafting of a new constitution cannot be a monopoly of the white minority regime (= other people should do it too).新宪法的起草不能由占人口少数的白人政权垄断。 He does not have a/the monopoly on(= he is not the only one who has) good looks.长得好看的不止他一个。 The government has a monopoly on rail travel. There are laws to stop companies becoming monopolies. She doesn't have the monopoly on suffering, you know. Mergers & acquisitions absorb acqui-hire acquirable acquire acquisition acquisitive buyout conglomerate denationalization denationalize fire sale growth-oriented hive hostile leverage non-hostile oligopoly parent parent company partnership Related wordmonopolistic monopoly | American Dictionarymonopoly noun[ C ] us/məˈnɑp·ə·li/ social studies complete control of the supply of particular goods or services, or a company or group that has such control: The Postal Service is guaranteed a monopoly on all first-class letters. fig. California has no monopoly on strangeness (= is not the only strange place). monopolisticadjectiveus/məˌnɑp·əˈlɪs·tɪk/ a monopolistic system monopoly | Business Englishmonopoly noun uk /məˈnɒpəli/uspluralmonopolies [ C or U ] ECONOMICS a situation in which one company or person or a government has no competition in the sale of a particular product or service and is able to control its supply and price: business/corporate/government monopoliesHe argues that farm subsidies help keep agricultural land away from corporate monopolies. a monopoly of sthEach firm has a monopoly of goods that tend to be used together. a monopoly in/on sthA decision by the Supreme Court struck down the state's monopoly on radio and television stations. [ C ] ECONOMICS a company, person, etc. that is the only one supplying a particular product or service: The Justice Department is suing the company because they claim that it used unfair tactics to become a monopoly. [ C ] something that is controlled by one person or group and not shared by others: The network is a monopoly of the state telephone company. See alsobilateral monopoly commercial monopoly legal monopoly natural monopoly public monopoly state monopoly Examples of monopolymonopoly Communist parties held a monopoly of power in communist countries. The first is the recognition that the failure of foundationalism in philosophy makes any attempt to claim a monopoly on truth, methodology etc. untenable. The state made itself a monopoly supplier of essential goods, such as grain, which were then sold on at controlled prices. This involves eradication of corruption and nepotism which have been used to establish monopolies. However, patents create monopolies and lead to waste of resources as a result of static inefficiencies. The incumbent operator enjoyed monopoly rents and did not want to give up this special status. Nevertheless, lighthouse reform enabled the whigs and radicals to pose as crusaders against local monopolies which the tories sought to perpetuate. After a period of monopoly, the new processes diffuse to economies capable of absorbing, and often improving upon, the techniques. No one individual in the creative process has a monopoly say in the outcome of a particular artistic decision. You may thus in essence end up with a monopoly or near monopoly situation. To use its own economic terminology, they have not acquired a dominant position let alone a monopoly. Where there is no intra-ethnic party monopoly, ambitious compromises across group lines are vulnerable to flank claims of a sellout. Thus, it is generally accepted that patents should continue just long enough so that monopoly profits can repay the costs of development of the invention. The government owned, regulated and managed the monopoly on gas, so that agents, either public or private, were redundant for the principal (national government). In spite of archaeology's pretended monopoly on the past, there are even in today's society a variety of ways to interpret prehistoric monuments and landscapes. See all examples of monopoly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withmonopolymonopolyThese are words often used in combination with monopoly. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. exclusive monopoly The national narrative is based on an attempt to maintain an exclusive monopoly over truth, pain, victimhood, justice. monopoly capitalism In the age of monopolycapitalism and economic imperialism, the intelligentsia maintained that state intervention was necessary to protect sovereignty. monopoly of power Communist parties held a monopolyofpower in communist countries. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with monopoly |
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