oligopoly

n. 求过于供的市场情况, 寡头买主垄断

发音

UK /ɒlɪˈɡɒpəli/
其它
UK /ɒlɪˈɡɒpli/
US /ˌɑləˈɡɑpəli/
US /ˌoʊ-/

词形变化

oligopolies 复数 oligopolies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.

    寡头垄断

    可数 不可数 金融

    Because of the ease of collusion, particularly price fixing, duopolies and oligopolies easily produce outcomes as bad for the general public as outright monopolies.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

market marketplace

词源

PIE word *h₃ligos From oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few; several’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.

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