English Dictionary

empire

/ˈɛmpaɪə/

noun

A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in history.

意味（1）

A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

the Russian empire

意味（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.

意味（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[…]

意味（4）

An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

the McDonald's fast food empire

意味（5）

(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.

The brutality, the unthinking, the unreflecting character of the barbarians were so great, that the new faith, the new feelings with which they had been inspired, exercised but a very slight empire over them.