Monopoly

Had he succeeded, he would have acquired a monopoly. 如果他那時成功了，他就會獲得壟斷地位。

The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade. 這家公司實質上已經壟斷了這種貿易。

Planters enjoyed a natural monopoly because they had no competitors. 種植園主享受着自然的壟斷，因為他們沒有競爭者。

Peter the Great had a monopoly on dice, because people gambled a lot. 彼得大帝曾經壟斷了骰子的銷售，因為人們經常賭博。

They say that if you didn't have monopoly, you wouldn't be able to do the things you do. 他們説，如果你沒有壟斷，你就不能做你現在做的事情。

It was granted a monopoly on joint-stock banking by Parliament in return for giving war loans to the government. 作為向政府銀行提供戰爭貸款的回報，議會授予它對股份制銀行的壟斷地位。

In France, card companies created EMV in part because the telephone monopoly was so maddeningly inefficient and expensive. 在法國，信用卡公司創建了EMV，部分原因是電話壟斷的效率低得令人抓狂，而且價格昂貴。

The electric company, whose monopoly may be short lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman. 這家電力公司的壟斷地位可能是短暫的，但突然之間，它要用户等半天才能找到修理工。

The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman. 這家電力公司的壟斷地位可能是短暫的，但突然之間，它要用户等半天才能找到修理工。

So disciplines acquire a monopoly not just over the production of knowledge, but also over the production of the producers of knowledge. 因此，學科壟斷不僅可以通過創造知識來形成，還可以通過培養知識分子來形成。

The Byzantines were as secretive as the Chinese, however, and for many centuries the weaving and trading of silk fabric was a strict imperial monopoly. 然而，拜占庭人和中國人一樣神秘，在許多世紀裏，絲綢織物的編織和貿易是嚴格的帝國壟斷。

In Gandania, where the government has a monopoly on tobacco sales, the incidence of smoking-related health problems has risen steadily for the last twenty years. 在政府壟斷煙草銷售的Gandania，與吸煙有關的健康問題的發生率在過去20年裏穩步上升。

The banks have what amounts to a monopoly. 這些銀行幾乎接近於壟斷。

Managers do not have a monopoly on stress. 並不只是經營管理者有壓力。

Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal. 背叛感並非是女人獨有的。

"Monopoly" is one of the best-selling games of all time. “大富翁”是有史以來最暢銷的遊戲之一。

A good education should not be the monopoly of the rich. 良好的教育不應該成為富人的專利。

Inflation was so high that the notes were like Monopoly money. 通貨膨脹嚴重，貨幣變得跟“大富翁”遊戲鈔票無異。

What matters is that they will belong to a private monopoly which developed them using public resources. 重要的是，它們將歸屬於一個利用公共資源開發的私人壟斷企業。

By 1800 more than a thousand steam engines were in use in the British Isles, and Britain retained a virtual monopoly on steam engine production until the 1830s. 到了1800年，一千多台蒸汽機在不列顛羣島運行，直到19世紀30年代，英國一直壟斷着蒸汽機的生產。

There are a total of 16 levels in Monopoly Tycoon. 強手大亨（遊戲名）裏總共有16個關卡。

The BBC's monopoly was broken. 英國廣播電台的壟斷被打破。

But we have no monopoly on brains. 但我們腦子裏沒有壟斷。

Monopoly and revenue streams all in one. 壟斷和收入同流合污了。

Competition chips away at monopoly power. 競爭打破壟斷。

There are three basic sources of monopoly. 壟斷有三個來源。

When you own the market, you are true monopoly. 佔有市場意味着你真正成了壟斷。

Costliest of all is the state monopoly over oil. 所有形式中價值最高的是國家對石油的壟斷。 ^[1]