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

No one has the empire over the minds of men.
没有人对人们的思想有绝对的控制权。
The Tao prevails under heaven ( or in the empire). or good government prevails.
天下有道。
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。
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。
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 dead tycoon's sons will remain in their plush offices overseeing the death throes of the family empire.
这位已故大亨的儿子们将坐在豪华的办公室里，目睹这个家族帝国崩溃前的痛苦挣扎。
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。
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。
During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate.
在1918年10月间，奥匈帝国开始瓦解。