1. Monopolize [məˈnɒpəlaɪz] -- 核心语义：强调独占性控制，常带负面色彩 -- 典型搭配： • ~ the market/conversation/time（垄断市场/独占谈话/霸占时间） • 经济领域特指"垄断经营" -- 例句： The company was fined for monopolizing the steel industry. （该公司因垄断钢铁行业被罚款） -- 翻译技巧：中文多用"垄断""独霸""把持"对应
2. Engross [ɪnˈɡrəʊs] -- 核心语义：完全吸引注意力（书面语） -- ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Monopolize】 , 【engross】 , 【absorb】 , 【consume】 mean to take up completely.
【Monopolize】 , the general term, means to possess or control exclusively.
Occasionally 【engross】 implies getting a physical control of (as by purchase of the available supply) and this notion may persist in extended use, but more often the verb takes an immaterial object and implies a preoccupying.
【Absorb】 is frequently interchangeable with 【engross】 , but it is less often predicated of persons as conscious agents and more often of things that have an inherent capacity for monopolization.
【Consume】 comes into comparison with 【engross】 and 【absorb】 chiefly in an extended sense of each, implying monopolization of one's time, attention, or interest.
