empires

英 [ˈɛmpaɪəz]

美 [ˈɛmpaɪərz]

n.  帝国; 大企业; 企业集团
empire的复数

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.
  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

双语例句

• Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
  葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。
• Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region.
  随后，这区域被奥托曼和波斯帝国占领。
• Many great empires, which looked like huge monsters, were actually paper tigers.
  历史上许多帝国看起来是庞然大物，其实都是纸老虎。
• The tombstone was lichenous and crumbling. Some great empires have crumbled and fallen.
  墓碑长满了地衣，已在崩落。一些大帝国已崩溃衰落了。
• It was also a khanate of the Mongol Empire, considered one of its four descendant empires.
  这也是一个汗国的蒙古帝国，认为是其四个后裔帝国。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.
  新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
• Previous empires have gained power and wealth by conquering territory.
  以往的帝国一直通过征服领地来获取权力和财富。
• European empires controlled most of the world, directly or indirectly.
  欧洲的一个个帝国直接或间接控制着世界的大部分地区。
• Both of these empires had aspired to a kind of universality.
  这两个帝国，都渴望一种普遍性。
• By using a mirror of brass you may see to adjust your cap; by using antiquity as a mirror, you may learn to foresee the rise and fall of empires.
  以铜为鉴，可整衣冠；以古为鉴，可知兴替。（唐太宗）