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| 1 | C a company that has complete control of the product or service it provides because it is the only company that provides it 垄断公司 |
| It is the government’ s intention to break up all monopolies. 是政府打算拆分所有的垄断公司。 |
| | 1a | C/U complete control over something by one organization or person （公司或个人的）垄断 | | a virtual/near monopoly The company has a virtual monopoly on tea sales. 该公司几乎垄断了茶叶销售。 | | enjoy/exercise/have/hold a monopoly He did not enjoy an absolute monopoly. 他并没有获得绝对的垄断地位。 | |
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| 2 | singular something that only one person or group of people has （个人或群体）独有的东西 |
| have a monopoly on Celebrities don’ t have a monopoly on being interesting. 并不是只有名人才让人感兴趣。 |
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