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

• The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
  罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
• He started off with one small factory, and now he's the head of a huge industrial empire.
  他从一个小工场创业起家，现在成了一个大工业企业的老板。
• The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
  罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
• 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。
• 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 twilight years of the Habsburg empire.
  哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期
• 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。
• 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。
• He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore
  他最终构筑起了一个延伸至泰国和新加坡的商业帝国。
• The Tao prevails under heaven ( or in the empire). or good government prevails.
  天下有道。