empire

empire
noun
  1. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress
    帝国
    [in names]the Roman Empire.
    罗马帝国。
    ■a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group
    大企业；企业集团
    her business empire grew.
    她的企业帝国越来越大。
    ■an extensive operation or sphere of activity controlled by one person or group
    （个人或集团控制的）广泛活动；活动范围，天地
    the kitchen had once been the school dinner ladies' empire.
    这间厨房一度是学校食堂女服务员们的天地。
    ■[mass noun]supreme political power over several countries when exercised by a single authority
    （对几个国家的）最高政治控制权
    he encouraged the Greeks in their dream of empire in Asia Minor.
    他鼓励希腊人统治小亚细亚的梦想。
    ■[mass noun](archaic)absolute control over a person or group
    (古)（对个人或集团的）绝对控制
adjective
(Empire)[attrib.]
  1. 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、装饰或服饰风格）在法兰西第一帝国（或第二帝国）时代流行的
    ■(Brit. dated)denoting produce from the Commonwealth
    (英, 旧)（物产）产自英联邦的
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin imperium, related to imperare 'to command' (see emperor)
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