monopolize

詳細解釋：

mo.nop.o.lize

v.tr.（及物動詞）
mo.nop.o.lized,mo.nop.o.liz.ing,mo.nop.o.liz.es
To acquire or maintain a monopoly of.
壟斷：獲取或維持對…的壟斷
To dominate by excluding others:
獨占：通過排除其他而統治：
例句：
monopolized the conversation.
控制了談話

【引伸】
monop.oliza.tion
monop.oliz.er
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>monopolize,absorb,consume,engross,preoccupyThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to have exclusive possession or control of.:
這些動詞共有的中心含義是.享有獨占的所有權和控制權.：
例句：
desirable housing monopolized by the wealthy;
富人獨占了令人嚮往的住房；

例句：
study that absorbs all her time;
這項研究占去了她的全部時間；

例句：
was consumed by fear;
被恐懼占據；

例句：
engrossed herself in her reading;
專心致志地讀書；

例句：
a mind that was preoccupied with financial worries.
心裡充滿了對財政問題的擔憂