corner the market

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices. idiomatic
    — "Why, there ain't going to be any wheat left in Chicago by May! If I get in now and buy a long line of cash wheat, where are all these fellows who've sold short going to get it to deliver to me?" . . . Jadwin sprang forward, gripping the broker by the shoulder. "Sam," he shouted, ". . . we can corner the market!"
  2. To have exclusive possession; to possess something to a high or excessive degree. broadly,idiomatic
    — It will not do to say that the Irish have a monopoly on stupidity, yet there have been times when I thought they nearly cornered the market.

词形变化

corners the market present,singular,third-person cornering the market participle,present cornered the market participle,past cornered the market past
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