单词
monopoly
读音
məˈnɑːpəli
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词根
"Monopoly"来源于希腊语"monopolion"，"mono"是"单个"或"独一无二"的意思，"polein"是"出售"的意思。这个词符合它的含义，指的是只有一个厂商销售产品或服务。
释义
n. 垄断；垄断者；专卖权 [ 复数 monopolies ]
例句
Had he succeeded, he would have acquired a monopoly.
如果他那时成功了，他就会获得垄断地位。
The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade.
这家公司实质上已经垄断了这种贸易。
Planters enjoyed a natural monopoly because they had no competitors.
种植园主享受着自然的垄断，因为他们没有竞争者。
Had he succeeded, he would have acquired a monopoly.
如果他那时成功了，他就会获得垄断地位。
The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade.
这家公司实质上已经垄断了这种贸易。
Planters enjoyed a natural monopoly because they had no competitors.
种植园主享受着自然的垄断，因为他们没有竞争者。
强化记忆
你可以通过单词的词缀来记忆。"mono-"就是"一"，"poly"就是"卖"。所以，"monopoly"就是"只有一个人在卖"，即垄断。"Monopoly"一词在公元15世纪初首次出现在英语中，最早用于描述一个人或组织对商品或服务的独占。在这个时间段，许多皇家家族都会对某些行业进行垄断以增加收入。
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That means they have a monopoly on special funding for the poor.And like any monopoly,there's a tendency for cost to go up and quality to go down.
Another way of putting this is thatmankind's 5,000-year-old monopolyon the fighting of war is breaking down
A search engine is indispensable.Google just has the monopoly --for now.
because they believe that no one type of personholds a monopoly on talent.They've worked hard to look beyond major tech hubs
So effectively it's the first timethere's been competition for this monopoly,because the utilities have been the only ones
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