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 British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
  英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
• the twilight years of the Habsburg empire.
  哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期
• The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
  法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。
• Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the midwest by gobbling up smaller banks.
  俄亥俄州第一银行通过兼并一些小银行成为中西部地区的巨头。
• She felt herself to be part of a large business empire
  她觉得自己成了一个庞大的商业帝国中的一分子。
• 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 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 was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
  罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
• Many investors must be hoping that he will be dethroned, his publishing empire dismembered.
  众多投资者此时一定希望他能被撵下台，他的出版帝国四分五裂。
• 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。