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 twilight years of the Habsburg empire.
哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期
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。
He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore
他最终构筑起了一个延伸至泰国和新加坡的商业帝国。
The subject peoples of her empire were anxious for their own independence.
她的帝国中被迫向她臣服的民族迫切渴望自身的独立。
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。
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。
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。
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 ancient Romans extended their empire into asia.
古罗马人把罗马帝国扩张到亚洲境内。
The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians.
罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。