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单词 imperial
释义
imperial
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɪə.ri.əl/us
/ɪmˈpɪr.i.əl/

imperialadjective(EMPIRE)

belongingorrelatingto anempireor thepersonorcountrythatrulesit:
帝国的；皇帝的
ImperialChina中华帝国
Britain's imperial past英国的帝国史
the Imperialpalace皇宫
imperialgrandeur帝国的辉煌
More examples
  • Theglitteringceremonyconjuredupimagesof Russia's imperial past.
  • The imperialguardsstormedthepalace.
  • Thebuildingis areminderof the country's imperial past.
  • ManyByzantineworksofartwereproducedtoservethe imperialcourt.
  • Theplayis set in imperial Rome.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Colonization & self-government
  • acknowledgement of country
  • annex
  • annexation
  • anti-colonial
  • anti-colonialism
  • colonize
  • colony
  • commonwealth
  • condominium
  • crown colony
  • imperialist
  • independence
  • Independence Day
  • intercolonial
  • land acknowledgment
  • recolonization
  • recolonize
  • secede
  • secession
  • the Raj
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imperialadjective(MEASUREMENT)

The imperialsystemofmeasurementusesunitssuch asinches,miles, andpints:
英制的
Imperialunitshave in manycasesbeenreplacedbymetriconesinBritain.在英国，很多情况下英制已经被公制取代。
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metricadjectivemainlyUK
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Measurements in general
  • bathymetric
  • bathymetry
  • be running atsomethingidiom
  • calibrate
  • calibration
  • distance
  • drop
  • elevation
  • factor
  • full-scale
  • kilo
  • knee-deep
  • lengthways
  • longways
  • metric
  • metrication
  • milli-
  • proportion
  • scale
  • setting
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(Definition ofimperialfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

imperial| American Dictionary

imperial
adjective[not gradable]
usuallydisapproving
us
/ɪmˈpɪər·i·əl/
relatingto agovernmentorcountrythatcontrolsorrulesothercountries:
imperialexpansionof Americanpower
the imperialtraditionofBritain
(Definition ofimperialfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

imperial| Business English

imperial
adjective
MEASURES
uk
/ɪmˈpɪəriəl/us
used todescribea UKsystemofmeasurementthat usesunitssuch asinches,ounces, andpints:
Suppliers will be told tochangelabelsto imperial andmetricon pre-packedfoods.
Compare
metric
(Definition ofimperialfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimperial

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Indeed, racialism was far from a reliable bulwark of theimperialmission, or indeed of the exploitation of other races.
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Imperial's population approached 1,000 by the late 1960s with twenty-six businesses operating in the community.
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The idea ofimperialfederation threw up its own ironies.
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Adults too, particularly the working classes, were thought to needimperialeducation.
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His conciliatory blend of piety and erudition as well as his medical expertise made him animperialfavourite.
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The failure of ralliement among the local elites represents a more fundamental failure of acculturation for theimperialregime than even armed rebellion.
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Just as there was noimperiallogic to liberalism, so the relationship between utilitarianism and empire is rather more ambiguous than is sometimes recognized.
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Nothing less than a comprehensive scheme forimperialdefence was required and would have to be paid for, infuriating the settlers still further.
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Imperialexpansion brought with it, then, a clearer forging of national identity.
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They dared not come out boldly for protective tariffs, or even for any considerable increase inimperialpreference.
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Before 'premature transnationalism' developed fully into its mature phase as liberal internationalism, transanationalism had again mutated so as to acquiesce to theimperialorder.
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As the individual towns, their tribute requirements, or theimperialstatus of the provinces changed over time, the document could be modified accordingly.
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The incorporation of rural gentry also prevented unrest in the countryside, by aligning the main possessors of armed force with theimperialstate.
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In lateimperialtimes, there was no radically new use of agricultural fields that would have promoted change in the tenancy of land.
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Unmistakable and identifiableimperialideologies, it was often assumed, developed only in the later nineteenth century.
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