v.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 monopolise
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VERB
独占;垄断 If you say that someone monopolizes something, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share.
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They are controlling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market...
他们控制了大量的可可粉,因此他们几乎垄断了整个市场。
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Johnson, as usual, monopolized the conversation.
跟平常一样,约翰逊说个没完,别人插不上话。
monopolization
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...the monopolization of a market by a single supplier.
单一供货商对整个市场的垄断


