monopoly

🇺🇸 /məˈnɑːpəli/ 🇬🇧 /məˈnɒpəli/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
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.

該公司在該地區擁有互聯網服務的壟斷地位,因此客戶沒有其他選擇。

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.

沒有人應該壟斷知識;教育應該對所有人開放。

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.

我們玩了幾個小時的《大富翁》,購買酒店並向其他玩家收取租金。

translation

n. 壟斷, 獨佔, 大富翁遊戲

詞形變化

Plural monopolies