名词

1. 垄断;专营服务
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.

2. 垄断企业;专卖者
A monopoly is a company which is the only one providing a particular product or service.

3. 独有;独具
If you say that someone does not have a monopoly on something, you mean that they are not the only person who has that thing.

1. exclusive control or possession of something

e.g. They have no monopoly on intelligence

2. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller

e.g. a monopoly on silver
when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like