empires

英 [ˈɛmpaɪəz]

美 [ˈɛmpaɪərz]

n.  帝国; 大企业; 企业集团
empire的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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

双语例句

• Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
  葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。
• Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region.
  随后，这区域被奥托曼和波斯帝国占领。
• Finland was merely a quiet buffer between the Swedish and Russian empires and had little cultural influence in Europe.
  芬兰当时仅仅是瑞典和俄国之间的一个安静的缓冲区，对欧洲的文化影响极小。
• Around the Morgan and Rockefeller empires clustered a number of smaller kingdoms.
  在摩根和洛克菲勒帝国周围，麇集着一些较小的王国。
• Lucullus invades Armenia, starting centuries of warfare between the Roman and Persian empires.
  卢库卢斯入侵亚美尼亚，开始了罗马人和波斯帝国之间持续数百年的战争。
• The antagonisms between the two empires and systems were mortal.
  这两个帝国和两种制度之间，有着不共戴天的仇恨。
• Both of these empires had aspired to a kind of universality.
  这两个帝国，都渴望一种普遍性。
• New empires had emerged and started to assault the Portuguese Empire.
  新的帝国逐渐形成，开始威胁葡萄牙帝国。
• By using a mirror of brass you may see to adjust your cap; by using antiquity as a mirror, you may learn to foresee the rise and fall of empires.
  以铜为鉴，可整衣冠；以古为鉴，可知兴替。（唐太宗）
• We have three empires that disintegrate within weeks of each other.
  数周内我们的三个帝国彼此开始解体。