| 单词 | monopolize | 
| 释义 | monopolizev. 1.   a.  transitive. To have or obtain the exclusive possession of (a commodity), esp. in relation to trade; to make subject to a monopoly, to control the trade in. Also: to exercise a monopoly in (a trade, area of economic production, etc.).This use tends now to be regarded as a contextual application of sense  1b, and the use with a saleable commodity as object has become rare.In early use frequently from, into the hands of another. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > restrict use or monopolize monopolize?1601 hedge1701 ?1601    H. Townshend in  T. E. Hartley Proc. Parl. Elizabeth I 		(1995)	 III. 362  				Ther be manye commodityes within this realme which beinge publicque ffor the benefitt of everye particuler subiecte are monopolized by pattent ffrom her Majestie onlye ffor the good and pryvate gayne of one man. 1615    in  Buccleuch MSS 		(Hist. MSS Comm.)	 		(1899)	 I. 169  				The Hollanders would engross this..merchandise, and monopolise it from all mankind. 1626    R. Bernard Isle of Man  ii. 200  				[Covetousness] hath monopolized commodities into his hands, inhaunced the prizes of things [etc.]. 1653    in  R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera 		(1735)	 XX. 644  				To endeavour thereby to Monopolize all Trade into your Hands, and to exclude all other Nations. a1704    T. Brown Walk round London in  3rd Vol. Wks. 		(1708)	 iii. 54  				Another [man]..marches from one side of the Ward to another, as if he was just going to the Exchange, to monopolize the Commodities of both the Indies. 1783    J. O. Justamond tr.  G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies 		(new ed.)	 I. 144  				The Arabians..repaired in crowds to these celebrated islands, the productions of which they had already monopolized. 1817    J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II.  iv. vii. 254  				If the trade..was monopolized and engrossed by a combination. 1854    C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 470  				The Emperor of all the Russias used to monopolize the acipenser helops..to supply himself..with..caviare. 1878    R. B. Smith Carthage 27  				Those who monopolised the commerce of the countries where alone the citron tree grows. 1879    H. George Progress & Poverty 		(1881)	  vi. ii. 295  				Land..the source of all wealth and the field of all labor, is monopolized. 1949    H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism ii. 24  				A busy and wealthy commercial town, almost monopolizing the entrepôt trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. 1995    Guardian 28 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 31/4  				Before..the development of commercial lager brewing with the aid of refrigeration, wheat beers were monopolised by the Bavarian royal family and their circle.  b.  transitive. In extended use: to obtain or claim exclusive possession or control of (a subject, area of influence, etc.); to exclude others from or dominate (conversation, attention, etc.); to get or keep entirely to oneself; to take or use the greater share of.In early use sometimes to oneself, away from another. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > have or possess			[verb (transitive)]		 > have exclusive possession of to make a monopoly of1576 engross1598 monopolize1628 1628    W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens To Commons sig. ¶4v  				The enuious..Cauils of some peeuish Diuines, who would monopolize Diuinity to themselues alone. 1656    A. Cowley Anacreontics vii  				Gold alone does Passion move, Gold monopolizes Love. 1659    T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 38  				Nor shall mute Fish, the Sea Monopolize. 1668    R. Steele Husbandmans Calling x. §4. 250  				When you suffer the world to monopolize your hearts from God, then the right use of the world is perverted. a1714    M. Henry Layman's Reasons in  Wks. 		(1853)	 II. 549/1  				I cannot monopolize the Church; it is narrow enough, I dare not make it narrower. 1763    H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 42  				Descamps says, that Lely growing jealous of Roestraten, proposed to him a partition of the art; portraits were to be monopolized by Lely. 1778    F. Burney Evelina I. vi. 19  				She is a little angel! I cannot wonder that you sought to monopolize her. 1861    F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland 		(1867)	 vii. 114  				A title now monopolized in England by Knights and Baronets. 1886    Sketches Acad. Life 62  				Dr. Johnson was allowed to monopolise conversation as he did, because his sagacity was admitted to be enormous. 1915    V. Woolf Voy. Out ix. 130  				I did not realise that I was monopolising the paper. 1959    R. Lardner Best Short Stories III. 57  				And now we'd better join the ladies or my wife will say I'm monopolizing you. 2000    Times 3 Aug.  ii. 12/2  				This mega information superhighway would initially be monopolised by scientists working on vast information-processing projects.  2.  intransitive. To have or operate a monopoly; to have exclusive possession or control. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > 			[verb (intransitive)]		 > have monopoly monopolize1622 1622    F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 163  				There passed a Law..for Monopolizing and exacting vpon the Trade. 1714    C. Johnson Country Lasses  i. i  				London,..Satan's chief residence: he picks up a vagabond soul or two now and then with us, but he monopolizes there. 1940    H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood  ii. i. 125  				They must not attempt either to monopolise or possess.  3.  transitive. To be the only product, have no competition or rival in (a market, trade, etc.). ΚΠ 1937    H. Barron Mod. Rubber Chem. v. 55  				Since the beginning of this century smoked sheet and pale crêpe have virtually monopolised the field of raw rubber as raw materials for manufacture. 1958    A. Herzka  & J. Pickthall Pressurized Packaging (Aerosols) iv. 78  				Aluminium dispensers..monopolized the British market until the advent of the all-tinplate dispenser in 1955. 1983    Times 13 Aug. 3/4  				The two intense sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame K, will receive most public attention as their manufacturers fight for the large market now monopolized by saccharin. 1997    J. Williams Money iv. 106  				Austrian thalers..were now monopolising European trade with the East. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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