[N-COUNT 可数名词]帝国 An empire is 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
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]企业王国;企业集团 You can refer to a group of companies controlled by one person as an empire .
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...the big Mondadori publishing empire.
庞大的蒙达多利出版帝国
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em·pire★/ˈempaɪə(r); NAmEˈempaɪər/noun1★a group of countries or states that are controlled by one ruler or government 帝国◆the Roman empire罗马帝国2★a group of commercial organizations controlled by one person or company 大企业;企业集团◆a business empire大型企业集团empireempiresem·pire/ˈempaɪə(r); NAmEˈempaɪər/
1a group of countries that are all controlled by one ruler or government: the Roman empire2a group of organizations controlled by one person: a business empireCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivesa large/vast/huge empire· The emperor Claudius ruled a vast empire stretching from Persia to Britain.a great empire (=large and powerful)· The city was the centre of a great empire.the Roman/British/Soviet etc empire· The Barbarians finally overthrew the Roman empire.a colonial empire (=a group of countries ruled by another country that is far away)· France had a huge colonial empire.verbsfound an empire (=start an empire)· The Persian empire was founded by Cyrus the Great.an empire grows· As the empire grew, its new territories needed to be protected.an empire falls/collapses (=loses power suddenly)· In A.D.476, the western part of the Empire collapsed.an empire crumbles (=loses power gradually)· The vast empire was beginning to crumble.phrasesthe decline of an empire (=the gradual decrease in an empire's power)· The next two hundred years saw the gradual decline of the Roman empire.the fall/collapse of an empire (=the sudden end of an empire)· After the battle of Waterloo, the collapse of Napoleon's empire was inevitable.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesa business/financial/media etc empire· His business empire is now worth over $20 billion.a large/vast/huge empire· He created a vast financial empire worth billions of dollars.verbsbuild (up) an empire· She built her clothing empire from one small shop to an international chain.run an empire (=be in charge of it)· She now runs a whole media empire.an empire collapses (=fails and ends suddenly)· When the business empire collapsed, thousands of employees lost their jobs.phrasesthe collapse of an empire· He left the country after the collapse of his construction empire.
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