[N-VAR 可变名词]垄断；专营服务 If a company, person, or state has a monopoly on something such as an industry, they have complete control over it, so that it is impossible for others to become involved in it.
[oft with poss]
[BUSINESS 商]
...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
...the governing party's monopoly over the media.
执政党对媒体的垄断
...an inquiry by the Monopolies Commission.
垄断委员会的调查
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]垄断企业；专卖者 A monopoly is a company which is the only one providing a particular product or service.
[BUSINESS 商]
...a state-owned monopoly.
国有垄断企业
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[N-SING 单数名词]独有；独具 If you say that someone does not have a monopoly on something, you mean that they are not the only person who has that thing.
[with brd-neg]
Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal.
被出卖的感觉并非只有女性才有。
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mon·op·oly™/məˈnɒpəli; NAmEməˈnɑːpəli/noun(pluralmon·op·olies)1monopoly(in/of/on sth) ( business 商) 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 垄断；专营服务；被垄断的商品（或服务）◆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。◆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。☞compare
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2[usually singular ]monopolyin/of/on sth the complete control, possession or use of sth; a thing that belongs only to one person or group and that other people cannot share 独占；专利；专利品◆Managers do not have a monopoly on stress.并不只是经营管理者有压力。◆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。3Monopolya board gamein which players have to pretend to buy and sell land and houses, using pieces of paper that look like money 大富翁（棋类游戏，游戏者以玩具钞票买卖房地产）monopolymonopoliesmon·op·oly™/məˈnɒpəli; NAmEməˈnɑːpəli/
1[countable] 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 itmonopoly of They are demanding an end to the Communist Party’s monopoly of power. the state monopoly of televisionmonopoly on/in For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US. a monopoly in copper trading2[countable] a large company that controls all or most of a business activity: The company is a state-owned monopoly.3[singular] if someone has a monopoly on something, that thing belongs to them, and no one else can share it: Teachers do not have a monopoly on educational debate.
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