1group of countries國家集團ADJECTIVE | VERB + EMPIRE | EMPIRE + VERB | EMPIRE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, great, large, mighty, vast大帝國;強大的帝國;遼闊的帝國➤powerful強大的帝國➤far-flung遼闊的帝國▸➤colonial, overseas殖民/海外帝國◇the decline of the old colonial empires老牌殖民帝國的衰落➤world世界性帝國➤ancient古代帝國➤Ottoman, Roman, etc.奧斯曼、羅馬等帝國VERB + EMPIRE➤establish, found建立帝國▸➤destroy, dismantle摧毀帝國;使帝國解體◇The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled.日本帝國很快被打垮了。➤expand, extend擴張帝國➤rule統治帝國▸➤lose失去帝國地位◇By now Britain had lost its empire.此時英國已不再是一個帝國。EMPIRE + VERB➤grow帝國逐漸強大▸➤collapse, crumble, fall, fall apart帝國崩潰;帝國瓦解◇The mighty empire finally crumbled.這個強大的帝國最終瓦解了。EMPIRE + NOUN➤building帝國大廈➤builder擴張主義者PHRASES➤the break-up of an empire, the decline of an empire, the fall of an empire帝國的分裂/衰落/崩潰▸➤part of an empire帝國的一部份◇a country that is still part of the empire仍是那個帝國一部份的國家empire
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2group of companies/organizations公司或組織集團ADJECTIVE | VERB + EMPIRE | EMPIRE + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, huge, large, vast大企業▸➤little (figurative) 小王國◇All the bureaucrats jealously guarded their own little empires.所有的官僚主義者都小心地守護着自己的小王國。➤business, commercial, financial, industrial, media商業帝國;金融帝國;工業帝國;傳媒帝國➤global全球性帝國VERB + EMPIRE➤build, build up, create創建大企業◇He has built a huge business empire from humble beginnings.他白手起家創建了龐大的商業帝國。➤expand擴張大企業➤run管理大企業◇the staff who help run his hotel empire幫助他經營龐大的旅館業的職員EMPIRE + VERB➤collapse, crumble大企業崩潰/瓦解PHRASES➤the collapse of an empire大企業的崩潰