empire
n. 帝國; 企業集團
An empire is a number of individual nations that are all controlled by the government or ruler of one particular country.
...the Roman Empire.
羅馬帝國
You can refer to a group of companies controlled by one person as an empire .
...the big Mondadori publishing empire.
龐大的蒙達多利出版帝國
1. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
2. a group of countries under a single authority;
3. a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
4. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
What made the Roman Empire decay?
羅馬帝國為何衰亡?
The ancient Romans extended their empire into Asia.
古羅馬人把羅馬帝國擴張到亞洲境內.
Her efforts were justly rewarded with a British Empire Medal.
不列顛帝國勳章是對她的努力的公正獎賞.
That country had absorbed the small states into her empire.
那個國家曾將幾個小國合併到她的帝國中去.
The Thirty Year's War nearly caused the breakup of the empire.
30年的戰爭幾乎導致帝國的解體.