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 ancient Romans extended their empire into asia.
古罗马人把罗马帝国扩张到亚洲境内。
Our lives have straddled a period of greater change than perhaps any since the end of the Roman Empire
我们生活的这个时期所经历的变革可能是罗马帝国灭亡以来最巨大的。
The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.
这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。
During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate.
在1918年10月间，奥匈帝国开始瓦解。
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。
When Emperor Wen first came to the throne, a general amnesty was proclaimed to the empire.
文帝初立，大赦天下。
He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California
他现在掌管着加州南部最大的零售发展企业。
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。
That country had absorbed some small states into her empire.
那个国家曾将几个小国合并到她的帝国中去。