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

• 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 Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
  罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 Romans extended their empire into asia.
  古罗马人把罗马帝国扩张到亚洲境内。
• 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。
• 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 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。