We already know that better-off parents are more likely to access private schools and to monopolise the highest-performing state schools.

我们已经知道，家境好的家长更倾向于私立学校，并垄断了教学质量最好的公立学校。

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Instead, big countries jostle for a share of influence, knowing they cannot monopolise the scene; small and medium-sized powers struggle to keep room for manoeuvre by playing off would-be patrons.

相反，大国知道它们不可能垄断该地区，因而争抢着分享影响力；小国以及中等国家则通过让那些自诩的保护人彼此相斗而努力保持着自己的回旋余地。

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The likes of Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie may monopolise the media spotlight, but judged in terms of bank balance alone, they pale into insignificance when compared with Harrison Ford.

诚然，布拉德·皮特、妮可·基德曼和安吉丽娜·茱莉们垄断了八卦周刊的聚光灯，但论及银行的收支状况，与哈里森·福特相比，这些新闻媒体的宠儿就显得相形见绌了。

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A380 looks likely to dominate, if not monopolise, long high-density routes for years to come.

ECONOMIST: The Airbus A380

UN, despite its ability to monopolise the image of legitimacy, is ill-suited to administering territories in transition.

ECONOMIST: From Bosnia, East Timor, and other fragile places

Edgily noting precedents in Egypt and in the Palestinian territories, many Jordanians fear the Brotherhood wants to monopolise power.

ECONOMIST: Jordan and its king