Definition of imperial in English:

imperial

adjective ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪmˈpɪriəl

1Relating to an empire.
（与）帝国（有关）的
Britain's imperial past
英国的帝国时期。
Example sentencesExamples
- The defining characteristic of the British Empire was competition, both military and economic, with rival imperial powers.
- Rome was already competing with Constantinople as imperial capital of the Christian world.
- We are, de facto, the world empire, the world imperial authority.
- Provided that the barbarians remained amenable, any of these arrangements might suit the gentry better than direct imperial rule.
- And as they did in the imperial era, the lonely men of the remote hinterland clamour for a wife with potentially profound consequences for the entire nation.
- Will we, or our imperial president, choose empire or will we re-discover ourselves and return to the historic principles of non-intervention?
- The two imperial allies soon began to suspect one another, and the great offensive fell apart.
- In the Roman imperial period, even emperors practised the arts of painting and sculpture.
- Spain also had great imperial ambitions from the sixteenth century but a limited supply of suitable forest.
- Much was lost in the 8th and 9th centuries as both the Saracens and the Byzantines took advantage of imperial and papal weakness.
- And therefore little has changed regarding the urgency of transcending imperial and neo-colonial domination.
- But he never explains that imperial take-off followed the creation of the United Kingdom state.
- In my opinion, to demand and accept an election under the protection of an occupying imperial army could only lead to further collaboration.
- The Russian imperial throne was the first monarchical casualty of the most catastrophic conflict to date in European history, the First World War.
- In origin, the warlords were mostly former soldiers of the imperial and republican armies, bandits, or local officials.
- Russian conquests in Asia were certainly no less brutal than those of any other expanding imperial power.
- By 1900 it had slipped to fourth place, overtaken by its imperial and European rivals, Britain and Germany.
- Is it just a matter of making amends for the damage we did earlier as imperial powers?
- I do not call it imperial because Australia and New Zealand were then dominions.
- The process was comparable to the way Byzantine imperial power dismantled Roman lineage rights.
Synonyms
royal, regal, monarchal, monarchial, monarchical, sovereign, kingly, queenly, princely, majestic
rare imperatorial
1. 1.1 Relating to an emperor.
  （与）帝国（有关）的
  the imperial family
  皇族。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You have access to the imperial palace and the Emperor's chambers.
  The tradition continued for 30 years in the Romanov imperial family.
  In this 21st century society, with its diverse male and female lifestyles, the imperial family can no longer function as a model, let alone a symbol of national unity.
  There are also many records of emperors who were addicted to playing cuju being criticized by officials and other members of the imperial family.
  For any official serving the imperial family, respecting the emperor's mother was also a necessity, which lent support from the moral angle to concubines running State affairs.
  It was believed that the yellow colour was to be reserved especially for the imperial family, so it was a very high honour for the emperor to grant a yellow outfit to an ordinary person.
  However, the domestic life of the imperial family was, considering their status, not ostentatious.
  The birth of the prince imperial was a difficult one and no further children were conceived.
  After the establishment of the imperial court under the Emperor Charles IV in Prague in the 14th century, the city became an important centre for the arts.
  In olden times, this area was a favorite hunting ground of the imperial family, with forests and lakes for picnics.
  Guests included members of the imperial family, diplomats, business leaders and society.
  But the inability of Japan's imperial family to produce a male heir has led to an internal crisis of sorts about who will be the next person to inherit the throne.
  She married into the imperial family by wedding Crown Prince Naruhito, next in line for Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.
  He soon moved against the imperial family, executing first the emperor's mother, Maria, and then young Alexius himself in November.
  The emperor had his imperial residence for centuries in Kyoto.
  So it is pleasantly ironic that the dearth of male births in the imperial family looks set to force a change in the succession law to allow the first empress since 1771.
  If the prince goes as an official guest of the state, it would mark the first visit to the former Japanese colony by a member of the imperial family since the end of World War II.
  ‘It is my sincere dream, and a great honor, to host the imperial couple, the Emperor and the Empress, in Poland,’ he said.
  It is the only quarter of the imperial family's home open to the public and offers a little idyll in the chaos and concrete of Tokyo.
  Sometimes, actors perform for travellers, enacting scenes from the Manchu imperial family's traditional ceremonies.
2. 1.2 Majestic or magnificent.
  宏伟的，华丽的
  the bedroom is huge and very imperial
  卧室巨大而华丽。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is also famous for being one of Europe's grandest imperial cities.
  The bedroom reflects Dalí's most extravagant tendencies, as illustrated by the imposing imperial style of the beds.
  Synonyms
  majestic, grand, dignified, proud, stately, noble, aristocratic, regal
  magnificent, great, distinguished, imposing, impressive, august, lofty
3. 1.3 Imperious or domineering.
  专横的，飞扬跋扈的，作威作福的，盛气凌人的
  the party and its autocratic—many would say imperial—ways
  这个政党以及它专制的——许多人会说飞扬跋扈的——处事方式。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The most imperial of tiger shooting governor-generals is thus refashioned into a cuddly environmentalist.
  Fundamentalists may thus act in an imperial or aggressive or violent manner.
  I faced the dark form beside me and used my best imperial voice.
  Synonyms
  imperious, high-handed, commanding, peremptory, dictatorial, domineering, bossy, arrogant, overweening, overbearing, authoritarian, tyrannical, authoritative, lordly, officious
2Relating to or denoting the system of non-metric weights and measures (the ounce, pound, stone, inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, pint, gallon, etc.) formerly used for all measures in the UK, and still used for some.
非公制度量衡的，（度量衡）英制的
Example sentencesExamples
- I didn't convert the reference to metric because it loses its impact and anyway, I'm old enough to be still working in imperial weights and measures.
- He has won four world titles and holds the world record over the 1,500 and its imperial equivalent, the mile.
- The metric system and the imperial system symbolize beautifully the conflict between the European and the Anglo-Saxon method of thought.
- In the imperial system, 36 inches are 1 yard and 1760 yards are 1 mile.
- Many weight standards appear to have been used well into Medieval times, but the new find suggests an imperial ounce was adopted in the English world, away from the Viking Danelaw of eastern England.
- Long after it became illegal to sell in anything but metric weights, Delia still includes imperial measures in her recipes.
- Within each heading both imperial and metric units are defined.
- These systems seem over-complicated when compared to one of the simplest of all, the decimal system, yet we resist any efforts to change from imperial measurements to metric.
- Whether traders in this country choose to sell in imperial or metric units should be a matter between them and their customers.
- How much honey, in imperial pounds, will we get?
- To the relief of many - although not the younger generation schooled in metric measures - imperial weights look set to be saved.
- The men had all been involved in court cases after refusing to post the weights of their produce in metric as well as imperial measurements.
- Today, if you are a grocer, you will lose your shirt simply for weighing produce in the old imperial system.
- The Metric Martyr Defence Fund added that any political party that supported moves to abolish the imperial system ‘would get a pounding’.
- Yet traders can be fined for selling goods in imperial weights.
- But being a mere male who doesn't cook turkeys every week, and who was brought up using imperial weight measurements, I trusted in the packaging instructions.
- The warning came after undercover officers bought a bunch of grapes from him in imperial weight.
- Mind you, we are staunchly imperial on volume: pints of beer, gallons of petrol, and who the heck knows what a hectolitre is?
- The imperial system is cumbersome, difficult and the only thing in its favour is that we know it.
- Stone is an arcane imperial measurement that has somehow weathered the tests of time in Ireland and the UK, especially in regard to the weight of people.
3historical (of a size of paper, in the UK) measuring 762 × 559 mm (30 × 22 inches).
〈主史〉（纸张尺寸）（英国）762 × 559 毫米的，即30 × 22 英寸的
Example sentencesExamples
- The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets.
- The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates.
- He did at least 72 of the 150 paintings for the imperial folio edition and 5 additional plates for the octavo edition.

noun ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪmˈpɪriəl

A small pointed beard growing below the lower lip (associated with Napoleon III of France).
（在下唇下的）尖胡须（与法国拿破仑三世有关）
Example sentencesExamples
- The poet wore a luxuriant black moustache and imperial, and a slouched hat which shaded the forehead.

Derivatives

imperially

adverb

The Veritable Records were imperially compiled annals with almost daily entries, sometimes multiple entries for each day, comprised of reports from officials in the field and in the capital ministries.
Example sentencesExamples
- Balancing a flimsy umbrella on her shoulder, she began to walk as stately and imperially as ever, into a nearby inn and bar.
- He forgets that he is a servant of the public, and instead states imperially: ‘The government has agreed to sell.’
- That comes of acting imperially without admitting the imperial nature of your actions.
- He was one of two monks to defend Zen at the imperially sponsored Shch Debate in 1325, responding to opponents (and allegedly converting one of them) with enigmatic Zen words and actions.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin imperialis, from imperium 'command, authority, empire'; related to imperare 'to command'. Compare with emperor, empire, also with imperious.

Rhymes

arterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, magisterial, managerial, material, ministerial, presbyterial, serial, sidereal, venereal, biomaterial

Definition of imperial in US English:

imperial

adjectiveɪmˈpɪriəlimˈpirēəl

1Relating to an empire.
（与）帝国（有关）的
Britain's imperial era
英国的帝国时期。
Example sentencesExamples
- And as they did in the imperial era, the lonely men of the remote hinterland clamour for a wife with potentially profound consequences for the entire nation.
- The defining characteristic of the British Empire was competition, both military and economic, with rival imperial powers.
- Much was lost in the 8th and 9th centuries as both the Saracens and the Byzantines took advantage of imperial and papal weakness.
- By 1900 it had slipped to fourth place, overtaken by its imperial and European rivals, Britain and Germany.
- The Russian imperial throne was the first monarchical casualty of the most catastrophic conflict to date in European history, the First World War.
- And therefore little has changed regarding the urgency of transcending imperial and neo-colonial domination.
- But he never explains that imperial take-off followed the creation of the United Kingdom state.
- Rome was already competing with Constantinople as imperial capital of the Christian world.
- Russian conquests in Asia were certainly no less brutal than those of any other expanding imperial power.
- In the Roman imperial period, even emperors practised the arts of painting and sculpture.
- I do not call it imperial because Australia and New Zealand were then dominions.
- Is it just a matter of making amends for the damage we did earlier as imperial powers?
- In my opinion, to demand and accept an election under the protection of an occupying imperial army could only lead to further collaboration.
- The process was comparable to the way Byzantine imperial power dismantled Roman lineage rights.
- Spain also had great imperial ambitions from the sixteenth century but a limited supply of suitable forest.
- Provided that the barbarians remained amenable, any of these arrangements might suit the gentry better than direct imperial rule.
- In origin, the warlords were mostly former soldiers of the imperial and republican armies, bandits, or local officials.
- We are, de facto, the world empire, the world imperial authority.
- Will we, or our imperial president, choose empire or will we re-discover ourselves and return to the historic principles of non-intervention?
- The two imperial allies soon began to suspect one another, and the great offensive fell apart.
Synonyms
royal, regal, monarchal, monarchial, monarchical, sovereign, kingly, queenly, princely, majestic
1. 1.1 Relating to an emperor.
  （与）帝国（有关）的
  the imperial family
  皇族。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If the prince goes as an official guest of the state, it would mark the first visit to the former Japanese colony by a member of the imperial family since the end of World War II.
  The tradition continued for 30 years in the Romanov imperial family.
  However, the domestic life of the imperial family was, considering their status, not ostentatious.
  Sometimes, actors perform for travellers, enacting scenes from the Manchu imperial family's traditional ceremonies.
  In this 21st century society, with its diverse male and female lifestyles, the imperial family can no longer function as a model, let alone a symbol of national unity.
  In olden times, this area was a favorite hunting ground of the imperial family, with forests and lakes for picnics.
  She married into the imperial family by wedding Crown Prince Naruhito, next in line for Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.
  The birth of the prince imperial was a difficult one and no further children were conceived.
  It is the only quarter of the imperial family's home open to the public and offers a little idyll in the chaos and concrete of Tokyo.
  There are also many records of emperors who were addicted to playing cuju being criticized by officials and other members of the imperial family.
  He soon moved against the imperial family, executing first the emperor's mother, Maria, and then young Alexius himself in November.
  ‘It is my sincere dream, and a great honor, to host the imperial couple, the Emperor and the Empress, in Poland,’ he said.
  After the establishment of the imperial court under the Emperor Charles IV in Prague in the 14th century, the city became an important centre for the arts.
  So it is pleasantly ironic that the dearth of male births in the imperial family looks set to force a change in the succession law to allow the first empress since 1771.
  It was believed that the yellow colour was to be reserved especially for the imperial family, so it was a very high honour for the emperor to grant a yellow outfit to an ordinary person.
  Guests included members of the imperial family, diplomats, business leaders and society.
  You have access to the imperial palace and the Emperor's chambers.
  For any official serving the imperial family, respecting the emperor's mother was also a necessity, which lent support from the moral angle to concubines running State affairs.
  But the inability of Japan's imperial family to produce a male heir has led to an internal crisis of sorts about who will be the next person to inherit the throne.
  The emperor had his imperial residence for centuries in Kyoto.
2. 1.2 Majestic or magnificent.
  宏伟的，华丽的
  the bedroom is huge and imperial
  卧室巨大而华丽。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is also famous for being one of Europe's grandest imperial cities.
  The bedroom reflects Dalí's most extravagant tendencies, as illustrated by the imposing imperial style of the beds.
  Synonyms
  majestic, grand, dignified, proud, stately, noble, aristocratic, regal
3. 1.3 Imperious or domineering.
  专横的，飞扬跋扈的，作威作福的，盛气凌人的
  the party and its autocratic—many would say imperial—ways
  这个政党以及它专制的——许多人会说飞扬跋扈的——处事方式。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The most imperial of tiger shooting governor-generals is thus refashioned into a cuddly environmentalist.
  I faced the dark form beside me and used my best imperial voice.
  Fundamentalists may thus act in an imperial or aggressive or violent manner.
  Synonyms
  imperious, high-handed, commanding, peremptory, dictatorial, domineering, bossy, arrogant, overweening, overbearing, authoritarian, tyrannical, authoritative, lordly, officious
2Relating to or denoting the system of nonmetric weights and measures (the ounce, pound, stone, inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, pint, gallon, etc.) formerly used for all measures in the UK, and still used for some.
非公制度量衡的，（度量衡）英制的
Example sentencesExamples
- The imperial system is cumbersome, difficult and the only thing in its favour is that we know it.
- How much honey, in imperial pounds, will we get?
- The men had all been involved in court cases after refusing to post the weights of their produce in metric as well as imperial measurements.
- Today, if you are a grocer, you will lose your shirt simply for weighing produce in the old imperial system.
- The Metric Martyr Defence Fund added that any political party that supported moves to abolish the imperial system ‘would get a pounding’.
- Mind you, we are staunchly imperial on volume: pints of beer, gallons of petrol, and who the heck knows what a hectolitre is?
- Yet traders can be fined for selling goods in imperial weights.
- He has won four world titles and holds the world record over the 1,500 and its imperial equivalent, the mile.
- In the imperial system, 36 inches are 1 yard and 1760 yards are 1 mile.
- Many weight standards appear to have been used well into Medieval times, but the new find suggests an imperial ounce was adopted in the English world, away from the Viking Danelaw of eastern England.
- Whether traders in this country choose to sell in imperial or metric units should be a matter between them and their customers.
- To the relief of many - although not the younger generation schooled in metric measures - imperial weights look set to be saved.
- Stone is an arcane imperial measurement that has somehow weathered the tests of time in Ireland and the UK, especially in regard to the weight of people.
- These systems seem over-complicated when compared to one of the simplest of all, the decimal system, yet we resist any efforts to change from imperial measurements to metric.
- But being a mere male who doesn't cook turkeys every week, and who was brought up using imperial weight measurements, I trusted in the packaging instructions.
- I didn't convert the reference to metric because it loses its impact and anyway, I'm old enough to be still working in imperial weights and measures.
- Within each heading both imperial and metric units are defined.
- The metric system and the imperial system symbolize beautifully the conflict between the European and the Anglo-Saxon method of thought.
- Long after it became illegal to sell in anything but metric weights, Delia still includes imperial measures in her recipes.
- The warning came after undercover officers bought a bunch of grapes from him in imperial weight.
3historical (of a size of paper) measuring roughly 762 × 559 mm (30 × 22 inches).
〈主史〉（纸张尺寸）（英国）762 × 559 毫米的，即30 × 22 英寸的
Example sentencesExamples
- The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates.
- The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets.
- He did at least 72 of the 150 paintings for the imperial folio edition and 5 additional plates for the octavo edition.

nounɪmˈpɪriəlimˈpirēəl

A small pointed beard growing below the lower lip (associated with Napoleon III of France).
（在下唇下的）尖胡须（与法国拿破仑三世有关）
Example sentencesExamples
- The poet wore a luxuriant black moustache and imperial, and a slouched hat which shaded the forehead.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin imperialis, from imperium ‘command, authority, empire’; related to imperare ‘to command’. Compare with emperor, empire, also with imperious.

词汇	imperial
释义	Definition of imperial in English: imperial adjective ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪmˈpɪriəl 1Relating to an empire. （与）帝国（有关）的 Britain's imperial past 英国的帝国时期。 Example sentencesExamples The defining characteristic of the British Empire was competition, both military and economic, with rival imperial powers. Rome was already competing with Constantinople as imperial capital of the Christian world. We are, de facto, the world empire, the world imperial authority. Provided that the barbarians remained amenable, any of these arrangements might suit the gentry better than direct imperial rule. And as they did in the imperial era, the lonely men of the remote hinterland clamour for a wife with potentially profound consequences for the entire nation. Will we, or our imperial president, choose empire or will we re-discover ourselves and return to the historic principles of non-intervention? The two imperial allies soon began to suspect one another, and the great offensive fell apart. In the Roman imperial period, even emperors practised the arts of painting and sculpture. Spain also had great imperial ambitions from the sixteenth century but a limited supply of suitable forest. Much was lost in the 8th and 9th centuries as both the Saracens and the Byzantines took advantage of imperial and papal weakness. And therefore little has changed regarding the urgency of transcending imperial and neo-colonial domination. But he never explains that imperial take-off followed the creation of the United Kingdom state. In my opinion, to demand and accept an election under the protection of an occupying imperial army could only lead to further collaboration. The Russian imperial throne was the first monarchical casualty of the most catastrophic conflict to date in European history, the First World War. In origin, the warlords were mostly former soldiers of the imperial and republican armies, bandits, or local officials. Russian conquests in Asia were certainly no less brutal than those of any other expanding imperial power. By 1900 it had slipped to fourth place, overtaken by its imperial and European rivals, Britain and Germany. Is it just a matter of making amends for the damage we did earlier as imperial powers? I do not call it imperial because Australia and New Zealand were then dominions. The process was comparable to the way Byzantine imperial power dismantled Roman lineage rights. Synonyms royal, regal, monarchal, monarchial, monarchical, sovereign, kingly, queenly, princely, majestic rare imperatorial 1.1 Relating to an emperor. （与）帝国（有关）的 the imperial family 皇族。 Example sentencesExamples You have access to the imperial palace and the Emperor's chambers. The tradition continued for 30 years in the Romanov imperial family. In this 21st century society, with its diverse male and female lifestyles, the imperial family can no longer function as a model, let alone a symbol of national unity. There are also many records of emperors who were addicted to playing cuju being criticized by officials and other members of the imperial family. For any official serving the imperial family, respecting the emperor's mother was also a necessity, which lent support from the moral angle to concubines running State affairs. It was believed that the yellow colour was to be reserved especially for the imperial family, so it was a very high honour for the emperor to grant a yellow outfit to an ordinary person. However, the domestic life of the imperial family was, considering their status, not ostentatious. The birth of the prince imperial was a difficult one and no further children were conceived. After the establishment of the imperial court under the Emperor Charles IV in Prague in the 14th century, the city became an important centre for the arts. In olden times, this area was a favorite hunting ground of the imperial family, with forests and lakes for picnics. Guests included members of the imperial family, diplomats, business leaders and society. But the inability of Japan's imperial family to produce a male heir has led to an internal crisis of sorts about who will be the next person to inherit the throne. She married into the imperial family by wedding Crown Prince Naruhito, next in line for Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne. He soon moved against the imperial family, executing first the emperor's mother, Maria, and then young Alexius himself in November. The emperor had his imperial residence for centuries in Kyoto. So it is pleasantly ironic that the dearth of male births in the imperial family looks set to force a change in the succession law to allow the first empress since 1771. If the prince goes as an official guest of the state, it would mark the first visit to the former Japanese colony by a member of the imperial family since the end of World War II. ‘It is my sincere dream, and a great honor, to host the imperial couple, the Emperor and the Empress, in Poland,’ he said. It is the only quarter of the imperial family's home open to the public and offers a little idyll in the chaos and concrete of Tokyo. Sometimes, actors perform for travellers, enacting scenes from the Manchu imperial family's traditional ceremonies. 1.2 Majestic or magnificent. 宏伟的，华丽的 the bedroom is huge and very imperial 卧室巨大而华丽。 Example sentencesExamples It is also famous for being one of Europe's grandest imperial cities. The bedroom reflects Dalí's most extravagant tendencies, as illustrated by the imposing imperial style of the beds. Synonyms majestic, grand, dignified, proud, stately, noble, aristocratic, regal magnificent, great, distinguished, imposing, impressive, august, lofty 1.3 Imperious or domineering. 专横的，飞扬跋扈的，作威作福的，盛气凌人的 the party and its autocratic—many would say imperial—ways 这个政党以及它专制的——许多人会说飞扬跋扈的——处事方式。 Example sentencesExamples The most imperial of tiger shooting governor-generals is thus refashioned into a cuddly environmentalist. Fundamentalists may thus act in an imperial or aggressive or violent manner. I faced the dark form beside me and used my best imperial voice. Synonyms imperious, high-handed, commanding, peremptory, dictatorial, domineering, bossy, arrogant, overweening, overbearing, authoritarian, tyrannical, authoritative, lordly, officious 2Relating to or denoting the system of non-metric weights and measures (the ounce, pound, stone, inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, pint, gallon, etc.) formerly used for all measures in the UK, and still used for some. 非公制度量衡的，（度量衡）英制的 Example sentencesExamples I didn't convert the reference to metric because it loses its impact and anyway, I'm old enough to be still working in imperial weights and measures. He has won four world titles and holds the world record over the 1,500 and its imperial equivalent, the mile. The metric system and the imperial system symbolize beautifully the conflict between the European and the Anglo-Saxon method of thought. In the imperial system, 36 inches are 1 yard and 1760 yards are 1 mile. Many weight standards appear to have been used well into Medieval times, but the new find suggests an imperial ounce was adopted in the English world, away from the Viking Danelaw of eastern England. Long after it became illegal to sell in anything but metric weights, Delia still includes imperial measures in her recipes. Within each heading both imperial and metric units are defined. These systems seem over-complicated when compared to one of the simplest of all, the decimal system, yet we resist any efforts to change from imperial measurements to metric. Whether traders in this country choose to sell in imperial or metric units should be a matter between them and their customers. How much honey, in imperial pounds, will we get? To the relief of many - although not the younger generation schooled in metric measures - imperial weights look set to be saved. The men had all been involved in court cases after refusing to post the weights of their produce in metric as well as imperial measurements. Today, if you are a grocer, you will lose your shirt simply for weighing produce in the old imperial system. The Metric Martyr Defence Fund added that any political party that supported moves to abolish the imperial system ‘would get a pounding’. Yet traders can be fined for selling goods in imperial weights. But being a mere male who doesn't cook turkeys every week, and who was brought up using imperial weight measurements, I trusted in the packaging instructions. The warning came after undercover officers bought a bunch of grapes from him in imperial weight. Mind you, we are staunchly imperial on volume: pints of beer, gallons of petrol, and who the heck knows what a hectolitre is? The imperial system is cumbersome, difficult and the only thing in its favour is that we know it. Stone is an arcane imperial measurement that has somehow weathered the tests of time in Ireland and the UK, especially in regard to the weight of people. 3historical (of a size of paper, in the UK) measuring 762 × 559 mm (30 × 22 inches). 〈主史〉（纸张尺寸）（英国）762 × 559 毫米的，即30 × 22 英寸的 Example sentencesExamples The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets. The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates. He did at least 72 of the 150 paintings for the imperial folio edition and 5 additional plates for the octavo edition. noun ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪmˈpɪriəl A small pointed beard growing below the lower lip (associated with Napoleon III of France). （在下唇下的）尖胡须（与法国拿破仑三世有关） Example sentencesExamples The poet wore a luxuriant black moustache and imperial, and a slouched hat which shaded the forehead. Derivatives imperially adverb The Veritable Records were imperially compiled annals with almost daily entries, sometimes multiple entries for each day, comprised of reports from officials in the field and in the capital ministries. Example sentencesExamples Balancing a flimsy umbrella on her shoulder, she began to walk as stately and imperially as ever, into a nearby inn and bar. He forgets that he is a servant of the public, and instead states imperially: ‘The government has agreed to sell.’ That comes of acting imperially without admitting the imperial nature of your actions. He was one of two monks to defend Zen at the imperially sponsored Shch Debate in 1325, responding to opponents (and allegedly converting one of them) with enigmatic Zen words and actions. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin imperialis, from imperium 'command, authority, empire'; related to imperare 'to command'. Compare with emperor, empire, also with imperious. Rhymes arterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, magisterial, managerial, material, ministerial, presbyterial, serial, sidereal, venereal, biomaterial Definition of imperial in US English: imperial adjectiveɪmˈpɪriəlimˈpirēəl 1Relating to an empire. （与）帝国（有关）的 Britain's imperial era 英国的帝国时期。 Example sentencesExamples And as they did in the imperial era, the lonely men of the remote hinterland clamour for a wife with potentially profound consequences for the entire nation. The defining characteristic of the British Empire was competition, both military and economic, with rival imperial powers. Much was lost in the 8th and 9th centuries as both the Saracens and the Byzantines took advantage of imperial and papal weakness. By 1900 it had slipped to fourth place, overtaken by its imperial and European rivals, Britain and Germany. The Russian imperial throne was the first monarchical casualty of the most catastrophic conflict to date in European history, the First World War. And therefore little has changed regarding the urgency of transcending imperial and neo-colonial domination. But he never explains that imperial take-off followed the creation of the United Kingdom state. Rome was already competing with Constantinople as imperial capital of the Christian world. Russian conquests in Asia were certainly no less brutal than those of any other expanding imperial power. In the Roman imperial period, even emperors practised the arts of painting and sculpture. I do not call it imperial because Australia and New Zealand were then dominions. Is it just a matter of making amends for the damage we did earlier as imperial powers? In my opinion, to demand and accept an election under the protection of an occupying imperial army could only lead to further collaboration. The process was comparable to the way Byzantine imperial power dismantled Roman lineage rights. Spain also had great imperial ambitions from the sixteenth century but a limited supply of suitable forest. Provided that the barbarians remained amenable, any of these arrangements might suit the gentry better than direct imperial rule. In origin, the warlords were mostly former soldiers of the imperial and republican armies, bandits, or local officials. We are, de facto, the world empire, the world imperial authority. Will we, or our imperial president, choose empire or will we re-discover ourselves and return to the historic principles of non-intervention? The two imperial allies soon began to suspect one another, and the great offensive fell apart. Synonyms royal, regal, monarchal, monarchial, monarchical, sovereign, kingly, queenly, princely, majestic 1.1 Relating to an emperor. （与）帝国（有关）的 the imperial family 皇族。 Example sentencesExamples If the prince goes as an official guest of the state, it would mark the first visit to the former Japanese colony by a member of the imperial family since the end of World War II. The tradition continued for 30 years in the Romanov imperial family. However, the domestic life of the imperial family was, considering their status, not ostentatious. Sometimes, actors perform for travellers, enacting scenes from the Manchu imperial family's traditional ceremonies. In this 21st century society, with its diverse male and female lifestyles, the imperial family can no longer function as a model, let alone a symbol of national unity. In olden times, this area was a favorite hunting ground of the imperial family, with forests and lakes for picnics. She married into the imperial family by wedding Crown Prince Naruhito, next in line for Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne. The birth of the prince imperial was a difficult one and no further children were conceived. It is the only quarter of the imperial family's home open to the public and offers a little idyll in the chaos and concrete of Tokyo. There are also many records of emperors who were addicted to playing cuju being criticized by officials and other members of the imperial family. He soon moved against the imperial family, executing first the emperor's mother, Maria, and then young Alexius himself in November. ‘It is my sincere dream, and a great honor, to host the imperial couple, the Emperor and the Empress, in Poland,’ he said. After the establishment of the imperial court under the Emperor Charles IV in Prague in the 14th century, the city became an important centre for the arts. So it is pleasantly ironic that the dearth of male births in the imperial family looks set to force a change in the succession law to allow the first empress since 1771. It was believed that the yellow colour was to be reserved especially for the imperial family, so it was a very high honour for the emperor to grant a yellow outfit to an ordinary person. Guests included members of the imperial family, diplomats, business leaders and society. You have access to the imperial palace and the Emperor's chambers. For any official serving the imperial family, respecting the emperor's mother was also a necessity, which lent support from the moral angle to concubines running State affairs. But the inability of Japan's imperial family to produce a male heir has led to an internal crisis of sorts about who will be the next person to inherit the throne. The emperor had his imperial residence for centuries in Kyoto. 1.2 Majestic or magnificent. 宏伟的，华丽的 the bedroom is huge and imperial 卧室巨大而华丽。 Example sentencesExamples It is also famous for being one of Europe's grandest imperial cities. The bedroom reflects Dalí's most extravagant tendencies, as illustrated by the imposing imperial style of the beds. Synonyms majestic, grand, dignified, proud, stately, noble, aristocratic, regal 1.3 Imperious or domineering. 专横的，飞扬跋扈的，作威作福的，盛气凌人的 the party and its autocratic—many would say imperial—ways 这个政党以及它专制的——许多人会说飞扬跋扈的——处事方式。 Example sentencesExamples The most imperial of tiger shooting governor-generals is thus refashioned into a cuddly environmentalist. I faced the dark form beside me and used my best imperial voice. Fundamentalists may thus act in an imperial or aggressive or violent manner. Synonyms imperious, high-handed, commanding, peremptory, dictatorial, domineering, bossy, arrogant, overweening, overbearing, authoritarian, tyrannical, authoritative, lordly, officious 2Relating to or denoting the system of nonmetric weights and measures (the ounce, pound, stone, inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, pint, gallon, etc.) formerly used for all measures in the UK, and still used for some. 非公制度量衡的，（度量衡）英制的 Example sentencesExamples The imperial system is cumbersome, difficult and the only thing in its favour is that we know it. How much honey, in imperial pounds, will we get? The men had all been involved in court cases after refusing to post the weights of their produce in metric as well as imperial measurements. Today, if you are a grocer, you will lose your shirt simply for weighing produce in the old imperial system. The Metric Martyr Defence Fund added that any political party that supported moves to abolish the imperial system ‘would get a pounding’. Mind you, we are staunchly imperial on volume: pints of beer, gallons of petrol, and who the heck knows what a hectolitre is? Yet traders can be fined for selling goods in imperial weights. He has won four world titles and holds the world record over the 1,500 and its imperial equivalent, the mile. In the imperial system, 36 inches are 1 yard and 1760 yards are 1 mile. Many weight standards appear to have been used well into Medieval times, but the new find suggests an imperial ounce was adopted in the English world, away from the Viking Danelaw of eastern England. Whether traders in this country choose to sell in imperial or metric units should be a matter between them and their customers. To the relief of many - although not the younger generation schooled in metric measures - imperial weights look set to be saved. Stone is an arcane imperial measurement that has somehow weathered the tests of time in Ireland and the UK, especially in regard to the weight of people. These systems seem over-complicated when compared to one of the simplest of all, the decimal system, yet we resist any efforts to change from imperial measurements to metric. But being a mere male who doesn't cook turkeys every week, and who was brought up using imperial weight measurements, I trusted in the packaging instructions. I didn't convert the reference to metric because it loses its impact and anyway, I'm old enough to be still working in imperial weights and measures. Within each heading both imperial and metric units are defined. The metric system and the imperial system symbolize beautifully the conflict between the European and the Anglo-Saxon method of thought. Long after it became illegal to sell in anything but metric weights, Delia still includes imperial measures in her recipes. The warning came after undercover officers bought a bunch of grapes from him in imperial weight. 3historical (of a size of paper) measuring roughly 762 × 559 mm (30 × 22 inches). 〈主史〉（纸张尺寸）（英国）762 × 559 毫米的，即30 × 22 英寸的 Example sentencesExamples The five volumes consisted of an octavo of 786 pages of descriptive matter and four imperial folios containing 213 plates. The paper size is imperial folio, that's almost as big as today's standard A2 page, which is equal to four standard A4 sheets. He did at least 72 of the 150 paintings for the imperial folio edition and 5 additional plates for the octavo edition. nounɪmˈpɪriəlimˈpirēəl A small pointed beard growing below the lower lip (associated with Napoleon III of France). （在下唇下的）尖胡须（与法国拿破仑三世有关） Example sentencesExamples The poet wore a luxuriant black moustache and imperial, and a slouched hat which shaded the forehead. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin imperialis, from imperium ‘command, authority, empire’; related to imperare ‘to command’. Compare with emperor, empire, also with imperious.
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