empire-building
n. 扩张疆域；领土扩张
例句
- He had repented of prideful empire building. 他过去因建立了帝国而骄傲，如今却深深懊悔。
- Empire Building, Malaysia Petronas Twin Towers, the World Trade Center and so on. 我也没有骂过人，只是越解释他越感到自卑。
- Statue of Liberty, Hudson River, United Nations, Empire Building, Rockefeller Center, etc. 自由女神、哈德遜河、聯合國總部、帝國大廈、洛克菲勒中心等。
- History is replete with examples of wars, invasions, genocides, and empire building. 历史充满了战争，侵略，有计划的灭种，屠杀和帝国的建立。
- While there is a risk of economic, institutional and political power being centralized in the European Community, and that a new bout of economic empire building may occur. 而在欧洲共同体内存在着经济、制度和政治权力集权化的危险，新一轮经济帝国大厦的建设可能会出现。
- His empire building dreams had encompassed Mandalor of late, and he wished to remove his dependence on Mandalorian weapons by taking the planet and assimilating the technology for himself. 他建造帝国的梦想囊括了处于后期的马达洛，并且他希望通过占领这个星球并且吸收他们的技术为己用。