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- the Roman empire
罗马帝国
- the Roman empire
- 大企业；企业集团
a group of commercial organizations controlled by one person or company- a business empire
大型企业集团
- a business empire
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 帝国
Anempireis a number of individual nations that are all controlled by the government or ruler of one particular country.- ...the Roman Empire.
罗马帝国
- ...the Roman Empire.
- N-COUNT 企业王国;企业集团
You can refer to a group of companies controlled by one person as anempire.- ...the big Mondadori publishing empire.
庞大的蒙达多利出版帝国
- ...the big Mondadori publishing empire.
英英释义
noun
- a group of countries under a single authority
- the British created a great empire
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
双语例句
- 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 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。 - 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。 - You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
你靠从那些不卖房就得挨饿的可怜人手里买下房子后建立起了庞大的房产帝国。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。 - 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。 - 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。