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

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