We learn from the passage that in today's world, whoever monopolizes the oil market will be able to exercise extraordinary power.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
獨占;壟斷
If you say that someone monopolizes something, you mean that they have a very large share of it and prevent other people from having a share.
例句
They are controlling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market...他們控制了大量的可可粉，因此他們幾乎壟斷了整個市場。Johnson, as usual, monopolized the conversation.跟平常一樣，約翰遜說個沒完，別人插不上話。
VERB
占去…很多時間和注意力;獨占
If something or someone monopolizes you, they demand a lot of your time and attention, so that there is very little time left for anything or anyone else.
例句
He would monopolize her totally, to the exclusion of her brothers and sisters.他會完全占據她的時間，一點兒都不留給她的兄弟姐妹們。