单词
public monopoly
释义
public monopolynoun[CorU]GOVERNMENT,ECONOMICSuk
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→state monopoly(Definition ofpublic monopolyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpublic monopoly
public monopolyLiberalization of electricity tends to substantially benefit large consumers (mainly industrial users), but benefits for domestic consumers compared with apublicmonopolyor a regulated private monopoly are questionable.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This tendency was reinforced in 1939 when the government declared the gas supply a state-ownedpublicmonopoly.From theCambridge English CorpusThe question is then whether a private monopoly operating in a partnership with the public sector is inherently worse than apublicmonopoly.From theCambridge English CorpusIt would result in the dismantling of thepublicmonopoly, with the hiving off or privatization of the most profitable activities.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThere is one thing worse than apublicmonopoly, and that is a private monopoly.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishApublicmonopolycan simply do more than a private undertaking which is in competition with others.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishI am not in favour of giving a private orpublicmonopolythat kind of power or influence over people's lives.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is not good enough simply to suggest a change from apublicmonopolyto a private monopoly.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Is it any answer to a private monopoly to make it apublicmonopoly?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Most responsible people would recognise that apublicmonopolyshould be subject to an element of public control.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/public-monopoly##