| 单词 | monopoly |
| 释义 | monopoly (mənɒpəli ) Word forms: monopolies 1. variable noun [oft with poss] 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. [business] ...Russian moves to end a state monopoly on land ownership. [+ on] ...the governing party's monopoly over the media. [+ over] ...an inquiry by the Monopolies Commission. 2. countable noun A monopoly is a company which is the only one providing a particular product or service. [business] ...a state-owned monopoly. 3. singular noun 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. Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal. [+ on] Collocations: effective monopoly Both operate in industries where they once held an effective monopoly and have now been forced to face increased competition and change. Times, Sunday Times Those involved in talks believe it was because the military wanted no competition in an area where it has an effective monopoly. Times, Sunday Times Customers have complained of exorbitant prices and unfair practices by heating oil firms that have an effective monopoly in some of the country's more remote regions. Times, Sunday Times With an effective monopoly and with prices set to increase, water companies have potential to gain value effectively from the crisis. Times, Sunday Times There's also the danger of companies securing an effective monopoly over particular geographic territories. Times, Sunday Times Just as journalists and columnists have had their monopoly of wisdom challenged by free opinion sites on the web, so the party bosses would find their monopoly of power challenged. Times, Sunday Times This prevents monopoly of power and requires those in positions of authority to consult with many others in the process of exercising it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This resulted in a change in the party's role in society from holding a monopoly of power to being an ideological leader. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only a small section of society came to have a monopoly of power, which they exercised over the rest of the society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The idea was to remove the monopoly of power enjoyed by the small number of rich patricians to the advantage of the very large number of poor ones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Almost all its profits arise from its monopoly position in online and mobile advertising. Times, Sunday Times A firm may use illegal or non-economic methods, such as extortion, to achieve and retain a coercive monopoly position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The agencies pleaded no contest and were forced to release their monopoly position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because the sceptics stay out, successful entrepreneurs may well achieve a monopoly position until opinions change and imitators appear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, according to laissez-faire theorists, when it tries to raise prices to take advantage of its monopoly position it creates profitable opportunities for others to compete. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are not large enough to attract the private mailing companies and are therefore effectively at the mercy of a monopoly supplier. Times, Sunday Times Household customers are not affected and remain tied to their local monopoly supplier. Times, Sunday Times Her school obviously has parents who are able and prepared to pay the often inflated prices demanded by monopoly suppliers; the vast majority of schools do not. Times, Sunday Times Defence projects are notoriously hard to manage, as they sometimes rely on monopoly suppliers. Times, Sunday Times Tracts and other forms of discourse about plague had been a near monopoly of the university-educated physicians. The Times Literary Supplement His near monopoly was broken up in 1911, after which he devoted his life to giving his money away. Times, Sunday Times Small market, small margins, preposterous returns policy (books sold more or less on consignment), a near monopoly on bookselling. Globe and Mail Quist was one of a handful of master builders who obtained a near monopoly on the rebuilding of the city after the fire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His economic operation and slow consolidation of his position eventually created a near monopoly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He set the nation's state oil monopoly on a path to ruin. Houston Chronicle It marked the creation of an oil monopoly, or cartel, of immense influence, spanning a vast territory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using the proceeds from the 1970s oil price rises, he expanded the state run oil monopoly's interests far beyond oil production to include investments in oil tankers, steel and construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They handed a state monopoly to their friends to make a fortune out of a private monopoly. Times, Sunday Times Launching a private monopoly with the power and the incentive to maximise profits would be unacceptable. Times, Sunday Times Private monopolies have only one voice to present their case, their enemies have many. Times, Sunday Times Here, excessive red tape has deterred potential contractors, minimising competition, raising prices and instituting de facto private monopolies. Times, Sunday Times Former private monopolies retained their company designations following nationalization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was under no illusion about the contradictions inherent in running a public monopoly as a private company. Times, Sunday Times A system of public monopoly would infringe on the ability of patients to choose. Times, Sunday Times Public monopoly services by contrast often exist primarily to serve the interests of their staff. Times, Sunday Times This misses the point that the majority of publicsector contracts given to private business simply turn a public monopoly into a private one. Times, Sunday Times Those linked to public monopoly and protection made the problem worse, while those linked to competition and markets worked. Times, Sunday Times Each firm has a regional monopoly, allowing them to sneakily rip off consumers with impunity. The Sun The water regulator has promised a clampdown on regional monopoly companies that will produce the toughest regulatory settlement on household bills since the industry was privatised 30 years ago. Times, Sunday Times The agency oversees the ten big water supply and sewerage regional monopolies and seven smaller local water supply-only companies. Times,Sunday Times He also warned that effectively ending water companies' regional monopolies could scare investors. Times, Sunday Times Her plans for the industry's path and attempts to introduce radical competition to the regional monopolies led to a big fallout with water company executives. Times, Sunday Times His platform included abolishing the national banking system, regulating monopolies, reducing tariffs, and allowing the railroads to regulate themselves through competition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Utility providers are regulated monopolies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Utilities became protected as regulated monopolies because it was thought that a company could produce power more efficiently and economically as one company than as several. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those professionals had a privileged, regulated monopoly over supply and providers were concentrated almost exclusively in independent small high street outlets. Times, Sunday Times The electric transmission and distribution businesses remain under a regulated monopoly utility structure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1988, telecommunications operated under regulated monopolies in most countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only dictatorships impose a state monopoly of schooling. Times, Sunday Times Thanks to the internet and satellite television, the state monopoly on information and the political narrative has been shattered. Times, Sunday Times They handed a state monopoly to their friends to make a fortune out of a private monopoly. Times, Sunday Times But perhaps even more significant for the long-term future of our country are the plans we announced to break the state monopoly on schools. Times, Sunday Times He wanted more free schools and academies because he wanted to challenge the state monopoly of education. Times, Sunday Times The planned strike - over pay, conditions and employment terms - comes at a crucial time for the 503-year-old former state-owned monopoly. Times,Sunday Times Rivals argue that the former state-owned monopoly already exerts too much power - even before the acquisition. Times, Sunday Times Once a state-owned monopoly, the company began the transition to private hands in 1993. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The majority of state-owned monopolies and holdings were largely ineffective and completely obsolete in terms of technology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The economic situation was that inflation was high, peaking at around 600%, and the majority of state-owned monopolies and holdings were largely ineffective and completely obsolete in terms of technology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It remained divided into the senior and other branches, with the senior branch enjoying a virtual monopoly of political and diplomatic work. Times, Sunday Times In a scathing report, the regulator said the airport operator's virtual monopoly had been 'detrimental' to millions of customers. The Sun They have a virtual monopoly, partly because governments chose to save some banks and let others fall... Times, Sunday Times That would prevent the present situation where a few big developers have a virtual monopoly over building. Times, Sunday Times The economics of rational expectations and efficient markets has gradually acquired a virtual monopoly on senior university appointments and research funding. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 垄断地位 Japanese: 独占 |
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