喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 of the British Empire era · group of countries under one ruler

Empire · empire

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Empire

a

核心畫面

A capital-E label that points at one particular empire and the time it ruled. This word is not describing power in general — it is a name tag stuck onto a period: this furniture, this dress, this memory belongs to that empire's years. Two different empires claim the tag, so which one you mean depends entirely on what the word is sitting next to.

一個大寫開頭的標籤，指向某一個特定的帝國和它統治的那段時間。這個字在這裡不是在講「權力」這件事本身，而是把一段年代貼…更多收起一個大寫開頭的標籤，指向某一個特定的帝國和它統治的那段時間。這個字在這裡不是在講「權力」這件事本身，而是把一段年代貼在東西上：這張家具、這件洋裝、這段記憶，屬於那個帝國的年代。麻煩的是有兩個帝國都在用這個標籤，所以它指的是哪一個，完全看它旁邊放的是什麼字。

Two branches

大英帝國那個年代

這是英語世界裡預設的那個帝國——不加說明時，Empire 通常就是指它。

of the British Empire era · adjective · C1

Connected with the time when Britain ruled many countries around the world, or with the people and things from that time.

大英帝國的

拿破崙的帝政風格

同一個標籤動作，貼的卻是另一個帝國：法蘭西第一帝國。它跟大英帝國那一支沒有意義上的關聯，純粹是兩段歷史共用一個字。

Napoleonic French style · adjective · C1

In a French style from the early 1800s, when Napoleon was emperor. Used about furniture, buildings, or clothes, especially women's dresses with a high waist.

帝政風格的

A second word, same spelling

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empire

n

核心畫面

Picture a map where many separate lands are all shaded the same colour, because one centre rules them all. The pieces keep their own names and peoples, but the orders come from one place. Size plus a single centre of control — that is the shape of the word.

可以想成一張地圖上，好幾塊各自獨立的土地被塗成同一個顏色，因為它們都聽命於同一個中心。各塊土地保有自己的名字和人民，…更多收起可以想成一張地圖上，好幾塊各自獨立的土地被塗成同一個顏色，因為它們都聽命於同一個中心。各塊土地保有自己的名字和人民，但命令從同一個地方發出來。規模很大、控制點只有一個——這大概就是這個字的形狀。

From the picture

由一人掌控的企業帝國

把地圖換成組織圖：一大群公司、品牌或媒體全部連到同一個名字底下，規模和單一控制點都在，只是統治的不是土地而是事業。

large business group · noun · C1

A large group of businesses or organizations that are all controlled by one person or company.

企業帝國

Also in this word

group of countries under one ruler · noun · C1

A large group of countries or areas that are all ruled by one government or one powerful leader.

帝國

原始詞典資料25 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Empireadj/ˈɛmpaɪə/

  • 1

    artartsfashionFollowing or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

    • However, the first style of this century was known as Empire furniture. It was a derivative of the French Empire furniture, popular at that time.
  • 2

    artartsfashionFollowing or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

    • ...and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.
  • 3

    datedProduced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.

    • Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927.

Empirename/ˈɛmpaɪə/

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另外 7 個記錄的用法
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empirenoun/ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/

  • 1

    A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

    • the Russian empire
    • States and empires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem.
  • 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.
  • 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[…]
    • Since Britain imported mainly foodstuffs from its empire, no preferences could be granted to the colonies without Britain first imposing a tariff on foodstuffs imported from other countries.
  • 4

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

    • the McDonald's fast food empire
    • “Revenues for Jackson's non-profit empire sky-rocketed from $4 million in 1997, to more than $14 million just two years later.”
  • 5

    control, dominion, sway.

    • Each master whim maintains its hour of empire, And obstinately faithful to its dictates
    • 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.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。