formerly the United Kingdom and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I
双语例句
1
I did not even know that the British empire is dying, still less did I know that it is a great deal better than the younger empires that are going to supplant it.
我但是甚至不知道大英帝国已濒临于死亡，更不知道它比将要代替它的一些新帝国要好得多。
2
He is nostalgic for the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires and in deep mourning for the British one.