an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress
帝国
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[in names]
the Roman Empire .罗马帝国。
a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group
(由一人或一个集团拥有或控制的)大企业;商业王国
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her business empire grew .她的商业王国越来越大。
an extensive operation or sphere of activity controlled by one person or group
(由一人或一个集团控制的)行动;活动领域;天下
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the kitchen had once been the school dinner ladies' empire .这厨房一度是学校食堂女服务员们的天下。
[mass noun]supreme political power over several countries when exercised by a single authority
(对几个国家的)最高统治权
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he encouraged the Greeks in their dream of empire in Asia Minor .他鼓励希腊人去实现他们想要统治小亚细亚的梦想。
[mass noun]
〈古〉 (对某人或某集团的)绝对控制。
denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable during the First or (less commonly) the Second Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs probably inspired by Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns.
(家具、装饰或服饰的风格)流行于法兰西第一帝国(或第二帝国)时代的。
〈英,旧〉 (产品)产自英联邦的。
"Middle English: via Old French from Latin