monopolies

英 [məˈnɒpəliz]

美 [məˈnɑpəliz]

n.  垄断; 专营服务; 被垄断的商品(或服务); 独占; 专利; 专利品; “大富翁”(棋类游戏，游戏者以玩具钞票买卖房地产)
monopoly的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 垄断;专营服务
  If a company, person, or state has amonopoly onsomething such as an industry, they have complete control over it, so that it is impossible for others to become involved in it.
  1. ...Russian moves to end a state monopoly on land ownership.
     俄国人采取的终止国家垄断土地所有权的措施
  2. ...the governing party's monopoly over the media.
     执政党对媒体的垄断
  3. ...an inquiry by the Monopolies Commission.
     垄断委员会的调查
• N-COUNT 垄断企业;专卖者
  Amonopolyis a company which is the only one providing a particular product or service.
  1. ...a state-owned monopoly.
     国有垄断企业
• N-SING 独有;独具
  If you say that someone does not have amonopoly onsomething, you mean that they are not the only person who has that thing.
  1. Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal.
     被出卖的感觉并非只有女性才有。

双语例句

• Economists view this as, at best, a necessary evil since monopolies distort prices.
  经济学家认为，由于垄断会扭曲价格，专利最好也只能算是一种“必要的罪恶”。
• Today, beer production is largely a high-tech process in the hands of huge corporations or government monopolies.
  今天，啤酒的制造在巨型企业或政府的垄断下俨然成为一个高科技流程。
• Two, road agencies are public monopolies and are not subjected to market discipline.
  路途和公共垄断机构，不受市场规律。
• How to Regulate Enterprise Group by Antimonopoly Law Under Reformation of State-Owned Enterprises; No one could compete with these steel monopolies.
  国企改革中企业集团的反垄断法规制没有人能和这些钢铁垄断企业竞争。
• These monopolies also preventJapanfrom seriously pursuing alternative sources of electricity.
  这些垄断行为也抑制了日本急切追求可代替电的能源。
• Admirers say these stars of the so-called sharing economy are breaking up monopolies that have grown greedy and lazy.
  支持者称，这些参与分享型经济（sharingeconomy）的明星公司，打破了已经变得贪婪和懒惰的垄断服务。
• No one could compete with these steel monopolies.
  没有人能和这些钢铁垄断企业竞争。
• Other state monopolies included linen, wool and hemp.
  此外，政府还垄断了亚麻、羊毛和大麻等产品。
• Interoperability standards can create, or destroy, innovation oligopolies and monopolies.
  互操作性标准可以创造或摧毁创新寡头和垄断。
• We all call these utilities natural monopolies.
  我们称这些公共事业为自然垄断。