monopolies

1. [S]垄断,专卖 possession of, or control over sth which is not shared by others
2. [C]垄断权,专卖权 a right or power held by one single person or group to provide a service, produce sth, etc.
3. [C]专卖品; 专卖〔独占〕事业 exclusive commodity; business corporation with exclusive control

natural monopoly自然独占；天然垄断

monopoly position垄断地位

monopoly power垄断势力

national monopoly国家垄断；国家专利

monopoly capitalism垄断资本主义

absolute monopoly完全垄断，绝对垄断

monopoly right专利权，专卖权

monopoly capital垄断资本

legal monopoly法定专利，法定独占

monopoly enterprise垄断企业

industrial monopoly垄断；工业专利

1. Liberty and monopoly cannot live together.
   自由与垄断不能并存。
2. The company will become a state-owned monopoly.
   这家企业将变成一家国有的垄断企业。
3. Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.
   帝国主义是资本主义的垄断阶段。
4. The government has a monopoly of oil production in that country.
   在那个国家，政府独占石油开采权。
5. Scientific achievement is not a male monopoly.
   科学上的成就不是男人的专利。
6. Humans don't have a monopoly on laughter.
   笑并非人类的专利。
7. The people who used to control the editorial filters can't accept that their monopoly now is gone.
   那些曾经控制编辑过滤不能接受他们的垄断地位的人们，现在已经不存在了。
8. One evening, we sat playing Monopoly while thunder and lightning and high winds raged outside.
   有天夜晚，我们正在玩控制游戏时，窗外突然电闪雷鸣，狂风大作。