monopoly
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/məˈnɑːpəli/
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/məˈnɒpəli/
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。
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。
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。