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

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。
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。
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 Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。
Those caverns had been sunk in the swampy ground at great cost, for the security of the empire.
为了帝国的安全，那些地下室里花了巨大的代价在潮湿的土地上挖出来的。
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。
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。
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。