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垄断

lǒng duàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 壟斷

垄断 (lǒng duàn) means "to monopolize". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 垄断 means

1. to monopolize

The characters in 垄断

• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off

Example sentences

• 他反对垄断。
  He was opposed to monopolies.
• 他曾经反对垄断。
  He was opposed to monopolies.
• 他反对垄断。他曾经/以前反对垄断
  Tā fǎnduì lǒngduàn. tā céngjīng / yǐqián fǎnduì lǒngduàn
  He was opposed to monopolies.
• 他们垄断了原物料供应，并开天价。
  Tāmen lǒngduàn le yuánwùliào gōngyìng, bìng kāi tiānjià.
  They monopolized the supply market and drastically raised prices.
• 反垄断法律的目的是停止滥用市场影响力的大公司.
  Fǎnlǒngduànfǎ lǜ de mùdì shì tíngzhǐ lànyòng shìchǎng yǐngxiǎnglì de dàgōngsī.
  The purpose of antitrust law is to stop the abusive influence of the market by big companies.
• 在这次会议上, 他垄断了讨论并彻底打乱了议程。
  Zài zhè cì huìyì shàng, tā lǒngduàn le tǎolùn bìng chèdǐ dǎ luàn le yìchéng.
  At the meeting he monopolized the discussion and completely disrupted the proceeding.

Words containing 垄断

• 反垄断fǎn lǒng duànto break up or prevent monopolies; anti-monopoly; antitrust
• 反垄断法fǎn lǒng duàn fǎantitrust legislation
• 寡头垄断guǎ tóu lǒng duànoligopoly

Where 垄断 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · liū–lōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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