0 a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country -- 帝國
the Holy Roman Empire 神聖羅馬帝國
1 a very large and important business or organization -- 大企業；大集團
the tsarist empire
the Austro-Hungarian empire
It used to be said that Britain ruled an empire on which the sun would never set.
The temple ruins are a distant reminder of a vanished empire.
He owns a huge publishing empire.
It is the world's largest media and entertainment empire.
