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  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    独占;垄断
    If you say that someone monopolizes something, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share.
    例句
    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。 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 someone monopolizes you, they demand a lot of your time and attention, so that there is very little time left for anything or anyone else.
    例句
    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。