monopolize

英 [məˈnɒpəlaɪz]

美 [məˈnɑːpəlaɪz]

v.  独占; 垄断; 包办; 占去(某人的大部分注意力或时间); 霸占; 使无法摆脱

过去分词：monopolized　过去式：monopolized　第三人称单数：monopolizes　现在分词：monopolizing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.23741 / COCA.17391

牛津词典

verb

• 独占；垄断；包办
  to have or take control of the largest part of sth so that other people are prevented from sharing it
  1. Men traditionally monopolized jobs in the printing industry.
     在传统上，男人包揽了印刷行业中的所有工作。
  2. As usual, she completely monopolized the conversation.
     她和往常一样，垄断了这次谈话。
• 占去（某人的大部分注意力或时间）；独占；霸占；使无法摆脱
  to have or take a large part of sb's attention or time so that they are unable to speak to or deal with other people

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 monopolise


• VERB 独占;垄断
  If you say that someonemonopolizessomething, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share.
  1. 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。
  2. Johnson, as usual, monopolized the conversation.
     跟平常一样，约翰逊说个没完，别人插不上话。
• VERB 占去…很多时间和注意力;独占
  If something or someonemonopolizesyou, they demand a lot of your time and attention, so that there is very little time left for anything or anyone else.
  1. He would monopolize her totally, to the exclusion of her brothers and sisters.
     他会完全占据她的时间，一点儿都不留给她的兄弟姐妹们。

英英释义

verb

• have or exploit a monopoly of
  1. OPEC wants to monopolize oil
  Synonym:monopolise
• have and control fully and exclusively
  1. He monopolizes the laser printer
  Synonym:monopolise

双语例句

• In1974 the Justice Department sued at& t for attempting to monopolize the telephone industry.
  1974年司法部控告美国电话电报公司企图垄断电话业。
• Naturally, this idea of helping families stay in touch through a Web site is one which many companies are anxious to monopolize.
  显然，通过网站帮助家庭成员保持联系是许多公司都急于独占的一个创意。
• Maintain that monopolizes and controls the procedure to the administration with the administrative law, monopolize and examine the entity to the administration with the antimonopoly law.
  主张以行政法对行政垄断进行程序控制，以反垄断法对行政垄断进行实体审查。
• I know I made you stay, frost, but you cannot monopolize the conversation.
  我让你留下来，可你不能发号施令。
• Of course, even when Party members have mastered professional knowledge, the Party must not substitute itself for all other organizations and monopolize everything; still less can it afford to do so now.
  当然，党员就是具有了专业知识，党也不能够代替一切，包办一切，现在尤其不能这样。
• He would monopolize her totally, to the exclusion of her brothers and sisters.
  他会完全占据她的时间，一点儿都不留给她的兄弟姐妹们。
• We find among some peoples that the older men, the chieftains and the magician-priests, exploit the community of wives and monopolize most of the women for themselves;
  有些民族中，还有这种情形，即男性长者酋长和巫师，利用共妻制来达到自己的目的，自己独占大多数妇女；
• In the beef noodle case, the government move was targeted at one of the market irregularities-the city's beef noodle restaurants'attempt to monopolize the price.
  此次牛肉面价格设限的举动正是针对目前市场的违规行为，那就是该城的牛肉面餐厅欲实行垄断。
• She needs a man she can monopolize.
  她需要一个可以独占的男人。
• 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。