| 单词 | monopolize |
| 释义 | monopolize (once / 2892 pages) v If you monopolize something, you won't let anyone else get their hands on it. When you were little, your mom might have said, "Don't monopolize the swing. Let your sister have a turn." When a company monopolizes something, it has an unfair amount of control over a particular product or service, hurting other companies and giving consumers fewer choices. A business might monopolize the media in an entire state, for example, by owning the local newspapers, TV stations, and news websites. Monopolize comes from monopoly, which isn't just a great board game, but actually means "exclusive control of a commodity or trade." WORD FAMILYmonopolize: monopolization, monopolized, monopolizer, monopolizes, monopolizing+/monopolise: monopolisation, monopolised, monopoliser, monopolises, monopolising/monopoliser: monopolisers/monopolist: monopolists/monopolistic: monopolistically/monopolizer: monopolizers/monopoly: antimonopoly, monopolies, monopolise, monopolist, monopolistic, monopolize USAGE EXAMPLESThe BNF keeps vigil over a riverbank that’s vibrant with life once again as Parisians reclaim the quays once monopolized by industry. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Or will it merely create a cartel to monopolize it? Wall Street Journal(Dec 16, 2016) Income and wealth have indeed been monopolized by the richest few leading to widening economic inequality, stagnate wages and a shrinking middle class. Time(Dec 01, 2016) 1v have or exploit a monopoly of OPEC wants to monopolize oil Syn|Hyper monopolise have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 2v have and control fully and exclusively He monopolizes the laser printer Syn|Hyper monopolise command, control exercise authoritative control or power over |
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