empire
Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。
—— 柯林斯例句He was awarded the OBE in 1990 for services to fashion.
凭着对时装业的杰出贡献,他于1990年荣获英帝国官佐勋衔。
—— 柯林斯例句Zeneca was at last demerged from its parent firm, ICI.
捷利康公司终于从其母公司帝国化工集团中分离了出来。
—— 柯林斯例句The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
这个帝国走向腐朽堕落已经经年。
—— 柯林斯例句The subject peoples of her empire were anxious for their own independence.
她的帝国中被迫向她臣服的民族迫切渴望自身的独立。
—— 柯林斯例句