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

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。
The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
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 Tao prevails under heaven ( or in the empire). or good government prevails.
天下有道。
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 French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。
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。
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。
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 British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。