Monopolize

(verb.) have or exploit a monopoly of; 'OPEC wants to monopolize oil'.

(verb.) have and control fully and exclusively; 'He monopolizes the laser printer'.

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• They must force open these closed channels, unless Constantinople and the Black Sea route were to monopolize Eastern trade altogether. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To stand by his knee, and monopolize his talk and notice, was the reward she wanted--not a share of the cake. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This would be still more the case, were they to attempt, in the same manner, to monopolize to themselves their whole exportation trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The sudden collapse of the rebellion monopolized attention to the exclusion of almost everything else. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There was no literature except the oral tradition of the Vedas, and that was chiefly monopolized by the Brahmins; there was even less knowledge. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It no longer monopolized knowledge nor initiated fresh ideas. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• View the long-persisted-in, unjust, monopolizing treatment of Ireland, at length acknowledged! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• She opened it, and, monopolizing the contents, had the first view of every sketch herself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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