empire

英 [ˈempaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈempaɪər]

n.  帝国; 大企业; 企业集团

复数：empires　

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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

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

英英释义

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

双语例句

• 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 Roman Empire depended largely on auxiliaries for its defense.
  罗马帝国在防务上很大程度依靠雇佣军。
• The ancient empire was crushed and humbled to the dust.
  那老大帝国被打得落花流水，威望扫地。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
  罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
• 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 Tao prevails under heaven ( or in the empire). or good government prevails.
  天下有道。
• The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
  法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。