empires

New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires .

新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

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。

The Roman Empire subjected most of Europe to its rule .

罗马帝国把欧洲多数地区置于自己的统治之下。

The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline .

帝国大厦是人们熟悉的纽约高楼大厦中的地标。

His business empire was vast .

他的企业规模庞大。

He was content to watch from the sidelines as his wife built up a successful business empire .

他满足于站在一旁，看妻子一步步地建立起一个成功的商业帝国。

The empire finally crumbled into dust .

这个帝国最终崩溃了。

She felt herself to be part of a large business empire

她觉得自己成了一个庞大的商业帝国中的一分子。

He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California

他现在掌管着加州南部最大的零售发展企业。

His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt

他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。

He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore

他最终构筑起了一个延伸至泰国和新加坡的商业帝国。

The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.

罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。

The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole .

这个帝国无法凝聚成一个合法的整体。

The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest .

法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。

She published historical novels , as well as a non-fiction study of women in the British Empire

她出版了许多历史小说和一部有关英帝国女性的纪实性研究著作。

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。

The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire

他帮助建立起的新土耳其共和国是从一个伟大帝国的废墟上发展起来的。

His widow has taken over the running of his empire , including six London theatres

他的遗孀已接手管理他创下的帝国，其中包括6家伦敦剧院。

Our lives have straddled a period of greater change than perhaps any since the end of the Roman Empire

我们生活的这个时期所经历的变革可能是罗马帝国灭亡以来最巨大的。

Many investors must be hoping that he will be dethroned , his publishing empire dismembered .

众多投资者此时一定希望他能被撵下台，他的出版帝国四分五裂。

You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve .

你靠从那些不卖房就得挨饿的可怜人手里买下房子后建立起了庞大的房产帝国。

the twilight years of the Habsburg empire .

哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期

During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate .

在1918年10月间，奥匈帝国开始瓦解。

Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the midwest by gobbling up smaller banks .

俄亥俄州第一银行通过兼并一些小银行成为中西部地区的巨头。

The Roman Empire was overrun by Nordic barbarians .

罗马帝国被日耳曼的野蛮人推翻了。

The dead tycoon 's sons will remain in their plush offices overseeing the death throes of the family empire .

这位已故大亨的儿子们将坐在豪华的办公室里，目睹这个家族帝国崩溃前的痛苦挣扎。

The great empire has ceased to be .

那个伟大的帝国已不复存在了。

The Roman Empire began to decay .

罗马帝国开始衰败。

He once ruled over a vast empire .

他曾经统治过一个幅员辽阔的帝国。

The British Empire flourished in the 19th century .

英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。