empire

英 [ˈempaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈempaɪər]

n.  帝国; 大企业; 企业集团

复数：empires　

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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

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

• 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。
• His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt
  他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。
• 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 empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.
  这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。
• She published historical novels, as well as a non-fiction study of women in the British Empire
  她出版了许多历史小说和一部有关英帝国女性的纪实性研究著作。
• The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
  英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
• 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。
• The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
  罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
• The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
  法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。
• 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。