monopolized

英 [məˈnɒpəlaɪzd]

美 [məˈnɑːpəlaɪzd]

v.  独占; 垄断; 包办; 占去(某人的大部分注意力或时间); 霸占; 使无法摆脱
monopolize的过去分词和过去式

COCA.46112

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 monopolise


• VERB 独占;垄断
  If you say that someonemonopolizessomething, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share.
  1. They are controlling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market...
     他们控制了大量的可可粉，因此他们几乎垄断了整个市场。
  2. Johnson, as usual, monopolized the conversation.
     跟平常一样，约翰逊说个没完，别人插不上话。
• VERB 占去…很多时间和注意力;独占
  If something or someonemonopolizesyou, they demand a lot of your time and attention, so that there is very little time left for anything or anyone else.
  1. He would monopolize her totally, to the exclusion of her brothers and sisters.
     他会完全占据她的时间，一点儿都不留给她的兄弟姐妹们。

双语例句

• Since some key technologies were monopolized by Japan and United States, high-quality membrane used in the domestic lithium battery manufacturers almost depend on imports.
  由于一些关键技术被日本和美国垄断，目前国内锂电池生产厂商使用的高品质隔膜大多依赖进口。
• When people believe that the German market would be monopolized by the time Peter's wife, the photo on the middle-aged couple has created a new miracle!
  当人们认为德国的市场就要被当时的彼得夫妇所垄断时，照片上的中年夫妇却创造了新的奇迹！
• The chain store almost monopolized the market and soon had many retailers on the ropes.
  连锁店快垄断市场了，很快其他的零售店的处境就会很艰难了。
• The company monopolized the fast food industry in this area.
  这家公司垄断了这一地区的快餐业。
• It is the natural and professional monopolies that characterize the dual functions of China ′ s electric power industry, which yield an enormous sum of monopolized rents.
  中国电力行业具有自然垄断和行业垄断的双重特点，存在巨额的垄断租金。
• The monstrous monarch monopolized monarchy.
  凶暴的君主垄断了君主国。
• You shouldn't have monopolized Professor Caldwell that way.
  你不应该像那样垄断了考德威尔教授。
• Various tribunals ultimately found that Microsoft illegally monopolized the major market for PC operating systems.
  各地法庭最终都裁定，微软非法垄断个人电脑操作系统。
• But knowledge is a kind of social resource, it is unable to be monopolized by enterprises.
  但知识也是一种社会资源，是无法被企业独占的。
• Another focus in the regulations is to curb on high wage of monopolized industry.
  对垄断行业的高工资进行限制是《条例》的另一项重要内容。