英语词汇“empire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

em·pire

(ĕmpīr′)

a. A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.

b. The territory included in such a unit.

2. An extensive enterprise under a unified authority:a publishing empire.

3. Imperial or imperialistic sovereignty, domination, or control:the extension of empire to distant lands.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imperium, from imperāre, to command; see EMPEROR.]

单词	empire
释义	em·pire (ĕmpīr′) n. 1. a. A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority. b. The territory included in such a unit. 2. An extensive enterprise under a unified authority:a publishing empire. 3. Imperial or imperialistic sovereignty, domination, or control:the extension of empire to distant lands. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imperium, from imperāre, to command; see EMPEROR.]
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