empire
英 [ˈempaɪə(r)] 美 [ˈɛmˌpaɪr]

n.

帝国，帝国领土；帝权，君权，最高统治权；大企业组织；

adj.

新古典风格的；

变形

复数：empires

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]帝国 group of countries or states under a single ruler or ruling power
2. [U]帝权,绝对支配权 supreme political power
3. [C]大企业组织 large commercial organization controlled by one person or group

英英释义

empire[ 'empaiə ]

• n.
  • the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

    同义词：imperium

  • a group of countries under a single authority

    "the British empire"

  • a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
  • a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

    同义词：conglomerate

  • an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• build up an empire建立帝国

形容词+～

• huge empire庞大的企业
• ancient empire古代帝国

名词+～

• oil empire石油王国

～+介词

• empire over对…的绝对控制

词组短语

roman empire罗马帝国（指公元前27年到公元476年的罗马奴隶制国家）

british empire大英帝国

empire state n. 帝国州（美国纽约州的别称）

empire state building帝国大厦（位于美国纽约州）

byzantine empire拜占庭帝国（即东罗马帝国，395～1453，在欧洲东南部和亚洲西南部，由罗马帝国分裂而成）

ottoman empire奥斯曼帝国

holy roman empire n. 神圣罗马帝国

mongol empire[史]蒙古帝国

new empire新帝国

celestial empire 天朝大国（中国，等于Chinese Empire）

western roman empire西罗马帝国

evil empire邪恶帝国

second empire法兰西第二帝國

chinese empire中华帝国（指1911年以前历代中国王朝）

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双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He is the builder of the great empire.
   他是大帝国的创立者。
2. The Roman Empire existed for several centuries.
   罗马帝国存在了几百年。
3. Empire Qin is found in B.C. 221.
   秦帝国建于公元前221年。
4. His business empire was truly vast.
   他的企业规模极大.
5. He started off with one small factory, and now he's the head of an oil empire.
   他开始只经营一家小工厂，如今已成为一个石油大企业的头儿。

权威例句

Empire and communications
After Empire: Melancholia or Convivial Culture
The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-colonial Literatures
Empire-builders and shirkers: Investment, firm performance, and managerial incentives
Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire
Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire
Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (Book)
Regulating Aversion:Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire
The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures by Bill Ashcroft; Gareth Griffiths; Helen Tiffin
Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea