monopoly
🇺🇸
/məˈnɑːpəli/
🇬🇧
/məˈnɒpəli/
noun
C1
Complete control over selling a product or providing a service
The company has a monopoly on internet service in this area, so customers have no other choice.
该公司在该地区拥有互联网服务的垄断地位，因此客户没有其他选择。
C1
Something that only one person or group has and others cannot share
No one should have a monopoly on knowledge; education should be available to everyone.
没有人应该垄断知识；教育应该对所有人开放。
R
A board game where players buy and sell properties using fake money
We played monopoly for hours, buying hotels and collecting rent from other players.
我们玩了几个小时的《大富翁》，购买酒店并向其他玩家收取租金。
translation
垄断, 独占, 大富翁游戏
词形变化
Plural
monopolies