empire

英 [ˈempaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈempaɪər]

n. 帝国; 大企业; 企业集团

复数：empires　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2251 / COCA.4218

牛津词典

noun

帝国
a group of countries or states that are controlled by one ruler or government
1. the Roman empire
  罗马帝国
大企业；企业集团
a group of commercial organizations controlled by one person or company
1. a business empire
  大型企业集团

N-COUNT 帝国
Anempireis a number of individual nations that are all controlled by the government or ruler of one particular country.
1. ...the Roman Empire.
  罗马帝国
N-COUNT 企业王国;企业集团
You can refer to a group of companies controlled by one person as anempire.
1. ...the big Mondadori publishing empire.
  庞大的蒙达多利出版帝国

noun

a group of countries under a single authority
1. the British created a great empire
a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
Synonym:conglomerate
a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
Synonym:imperium

The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
你靠从那些不卖房就得挨饿的可怜人手里买下房子后建立起了庞大的房产帝国。
The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire
他帮助建立起的新土耳其共和国是从一个伟大帝国的废墟上发展起来的。
She felt herself to be part of a large business empire
她觉得自己成了一个庞大的商业帝国中的一分子。
When Emperor Wen first came to the throne, a general amnesty was proclaimed to the empire.
文帝初立，大赦天下。
The subject peoples of her empire were anxious for their own independence.
她的帝国中被迫向她臣服的民族迫切渴望自身的独立。
His widow has taken over the running of his empire, including six London theatres
他的遗孀已接手管理他创下的帝国，其中包括6家伦敦剧院。
The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。