empire

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/|/ˈɛm.paɪ̯.ə/    美 /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/|/ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
    — the Russian empire
  2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
    — The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.
  3. The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
    — British people [...] continued to believe in empire. It was what gave Britain a unique role in the world, and in return Britain had drawn strength from its empire to enable it to survive two great wars that had wrecked so many of its competitors. Imperial management in the twentieth[…]
  4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
    — the McDonald's fast food empire
  5. control, dominion, sway.
    — Each master whim maintains its hour of empire, And obstinately faithful to its dictates
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Empire. alt-of,not-comparable

词形变化

empires plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Achaemenid Empire Akkadian Empire American Empire antiempire Austrian Empire Austro-Hungarian Empire Aztec Empire British Empire Byzantine Empire Celestial Empire Central African Empire Chinese Empire colonial empire Eastern Roman Empire Empire Bay empire-building Empire-grown empirehood empire line Empire of China Empire of Japan Empire of Manchuria empire silhouette Empire State Empire style Empire Vale empire-waist empire waist empire-waisted Fifth Empire First Empire First French Empire French colonial empire German Empire global empire Graveyard of Empires gunpowder empire Gupta Empire Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation Hunnic Empire Inca Empire Inland Empire interempire Japanese Empire Korean Empire Maratha Empire maritime empire miniempire Mongol Empire Mongolian Empire Mughal Empire New Empire Norwegian Empire Omani Empire Orange Empire Osman Empire Osmanian Empire Osmanic Empire Osmanli Empire Ottoman Empire Ottomanian Empire Parthian Empire Persian Empire Portuguese Empire Roman Empire Russian Empire Sasanian Empire Sassanid Empire Second Empire Second French Empire Seleucid Empire Sikh Empire Songhai Empire Soviet empire Spanish Empire subempire Swedish Empire Western Roman Empire
相关词
emperor empress imperate imperation imperator imperatrix imperial imperially imperium

词源

词源 1
From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium.
词源 2
From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium.
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