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

• Lucullus invades Armenia, starting centuries of warfare between the Roman and Persian empires.
  卢库卢斯入侵亚美尼亚，开始了罗马人和波斯帝国之间持续数百年的战争。
• Both of these empires had aspired to a kind of universality.
  这两个帝国，都渴望一种普遍性。
• Afterall, Sumerian and other Near Eastern civilizations were conquered and replaced by other empires.
  毕竟，闪族人和其他近东文明被征服和被其他帝国取代。
• 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。
• 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）
• Throughout the whole course of history almost all the empires have flourished only to decay.
  在整个历史进程中，几乎所有的帝国都曾盛极一时，结果都还是衰落了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Commercial empires may rise and fall, but the consumer brands they own have residual awareness among the public.
  商业帝国可能有起有落，但它们拥有的消费者品牌在公众中间仍残留着一些认知度。