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

• 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。
• Which is why some Asian empires will struggle to outlive their founders.
  这就是为什么一些亚洲家族帝国竭尽努力使其企业寿命长过其创办人。
• We have three empires that disintegrate within weeks of each other.
  数周内我们的三个帝国彼此开始解体。
• 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。
• 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。
• Both of these empires had aspired to a kind of universality.
  这两个帝国，都渴望一种普遍性。
• New empires had emerged and started to assault the Portuguese Empire.
  新的帝国逐渐形成，开始威胁葡萄牙帝国。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）