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 French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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 empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.
这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。
The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
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。