释义
noun the plans, activities, achievements, etc., of an empire builder.
Origin of empire building First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby empire building emphatically, emphysema, em pica, empire, empire builder, empire building , Empire Day, Empire State, Empire State Building, Empire State of the South, empiric
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Example sentences from the Web for empire building It acquired Merrill Lynch in 2008 as part of the empire-building efforts of former CEO Kenneth Lewis.
Meet the Servicey New Dow | Daniel Gross| September 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
As agents of Nazi empire-building, these women were assigned the constructive work of the German “civilizing” process.
Hitler’s Killer Women Revealed in New History | Wendy Lower| October 6, 2013| DAILY BEAST
I'd a hope it meant something connected with Empire-building, and then Otty could have scored off him.
Foe-Farrell | Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The historic and time-honored art of empire-building is the only art they know.
The Psychology of Nations | G.E. Partridge
It feeds on strange things like empire-building on a Balkan dung-heap, and purity, and—oh, all sorts of things.'
Captain Macedoine's Daughter | William McFee
Sir Henry Morgan played an important part in the stirring drama of Empire-building.
Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar | Godfrey Charles Morgan
Raffles possessed the empire-building instinct, surely, and earned the honor of interment in Westminster Abbey.
East of Suez | Frederic Courtland Penfield
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