monopoly

🇬🇧/məˈnɒpəli/ 🇺🇸/məˈnɑːpəli/📚 5757 2六级考研托福雅思
If a company, person, or state has a monopoly on something such as an industry, they have complete control over it, so that it is impossible for others to become involved in it. 垄断

noun [抽象名词]垄断,垄断权;垄断企业,专卖者;独占,专利品;大富翁(棋类游戏,游戏者以玩具钞票买卖房地产)

Planters enjoyed a natural monopoly because they had no competitors.
种植园主享受着自然的垄断,因为他们没有竞争者。

mono- = single 表示“单个,一个”monopoly 垄断(mono+poly→独家卖→垄断)
mono(单个) + poly(运用) → 仅让单个用垄断
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Women do not have a monopoly on feelings of betrayal. 背叛感并非是女人独有的。
...a state-owned monopoly. …一个国有垄断企业。
...Russian moves to end a state monopoly on land ownership. …俄罗斯人提议结束国家对土地所有权的垄断。