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 ancient Romans extended their empire into asia.
古罗马人把罗马帝国扩张到亚洲境内。
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 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。
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 twilight years of the Habsburg empire.
哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期
The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
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。
He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California
他现在掌管着加州南部最大的零售发展企业。
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。