大英帝国

他必须前往白金汉宫去接受女王授予的“大英帝国勋章”。

He had to go to Buckingham Palace to accept an MBE from the Queen .

英国人开始仿效法国人,餐馆的概念传遍了大英帝国。

The British began to copy the French , and the restaurant idea spread throughout the British Empire .

大英帝国还崇拜战争英雄，在《桂河大桥》（thebridgeontheriverkwai）等电影中宣扬他们的丰功伟绩。

The Empire revered military heroes , glorifying them in films such as the bridge on the River Kwai .

n.帝国；帝王统治，君权美国曾一度是大英帝国的一部分。

empire The United States was once a part of the British Empire .

历史学家珍莫里斯（JanMorris）曾经将城市化描述为最持久的大英帝国遗产。

The historian Jan Morris has described urbanism as the most lasting of the British imperial legacies .

Q.什么时候（如果有的话）在所有大英帝国的土地上都看不到太阳？

Q. When ( if ever ) did the Sun finally set on the British Empire ?

2001年，罗琳从威尔士亲王——查尔斯王子（PrinceCharles）处领取到大英帝国勋章。

In 2001 , Rowling received an award called the Order of the British Empire , or OBE , from Prince Charles , the Prince of Wales .

之后WilliamWilberforce用了他五十年的生命，终于废除了大英帝国中的奴隶制度。

William Wilberforce later spent fifty years of his life to abolish slavery in the British Empire .

汇丰应该迁离英国，也许可以与前大英帝国的另一产物渣打银行（StandardChartered）一起，后者在不满足的英国也开始显得格格不入。

HSBC ought to move , perhaps along with Standard Chartered , the other product of the former British empire that is starting to look out of place in a discontented UK .

发布会既展出了浓郁欧式风格的服装，也不乏印度传统的纱丽长袍，它们的设计灵感主要来自大英帝国统治（EnglishRaj）前的各个朝代、尤以莫卧尔王朝（Mughaldynasty）为甚。

There were traditional sari-like gowns as well as more European silhouettes , inspired largely by the regimes that preceded the English Raj , especially the Mughal dynasty .

这消息对于卷福来说可谓喜上加喜，他不久前刚刚被列入女王寿辰授勋名单中，将获得大英帝国司令勋章（CBE）。

The news means it is a double celebration for the British actor , who has been named a CBE in the Queen 's Birthday Honors List .

他是权势人物的密友，2008年见证了尼古拉·萨科齐（NicolasSarkozy）和卡拉·布吕尼（CarlaBruni）婚礼，还曾获得大英帝国荣誉爵士勋章。

A confidant of the powerful , he was a witness at Nicolas Sarkozy 's wedding to Carla Bruni in 2008 and was made an honorary Knight of the British Empire .

路易斯（C.S.Lewis）、罗尔德·达尔（RoaldDahl）和奥尔德斯·赫胥黎（AldousHuxley），他们都拒绝了这个大英帝国授予的荣誉。

CS Lewis , Roald Dahl and Aldous Huxley have all declined the award of the Order of the British Empire .

一些作家以大英帝国在印度为题著书立说例如：威廉达尔林普（WilliamDalrymple）和劳伦斯詹姆斯（LawrenceJames）。他们提出，英国人在17、18世纪比19世纪更为宽容。

It has been suggested by authors writing on the British in India ( e.g. William Dalrymple and Lawrence James ) that the British were more tolerant in the 17th and early 18th centuries , than they were in the 19th .

安迪？穆雷（AndyMurray）几乎没能按时赶到白金汉宫领取他的大英帝国勋章（OBE），因为药检官员突然出现在他门前，要求他提供一份尿样。针对公司董事的测试也应如此。

Just as Andy Murray recently almost missed getting to Buckingham Palace on time to collect his OBE because the drugs testers had showed up on his doorstep demanding a urine sample , so it should be for company directors .

王室评论员、大英帝国勋章（OBE）获得者AlastairBruce解释说，凯特王妃生产后，将会有一名助手带着写有孩子性别、体重和出生时间的出生证明离开医院。

As royal commentator Alastair Bruce OBE explains , the first indication that the Duchess has given birth will come when an aide leaves the hospital carrying a sheet of paper detailing the babys sex , weight and time of birth .

加尔各答（印度城市，原为Calcutta，现为Kolkata），由不列颠东印度公司1690年创立，目的在于挑战当地穆斯林霸主。随后，加尔各答开始与伦敦竞争大英帝国的最大大都会的头衔。

Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) was set up in 1690 by a member of Britain 's East India Company , in defiance of the local Muslim overlord . It later vied with London as the biggest metropolis in the British empire .

1814年，马耳他岛沦为大英帝国的殖民地。

In1814 , Malta became a part of the British Empire .

格拉斯哥在当时被誉为大英帝国第二大城市。

Glasgow was famed as the second city of the empire .

例如，大英帝国一直崇拜极地探险。

For instance , the empire had revered manly polar explorers .

随着大英帝国的衰落，对英国的认同感已逐渐消解。

British identity is dissolving in the slow ebb of empire .

大英帝国曾经占有过世界上的大片地方。

The British Empire once covered large parts of the world .

酒吧里陈列着大英帝国时期各种体育比赛所夺得的奖杯。

The bar is decorated with trophies from imperial sporting endeavours .

整个岛屿在1815年成为大英帝国的一部分。

The entire island became part of the British Empire in1815 .

这位大英帝国的子民想要点茶，他说。

The son of the British empire wants tea , he says .

印度曾是大英帝国的殖民地。

India was once a colony in the British Empire .

随着大英帝国的崩塌，其原有的信仰体系霎那间变得滑稽可笑。

As the British empire collapsed , its belief-system suddenly became funny .

论大英帝国的兴起与整体世界的形成

On the Uprising of British Empire the Development of the Integrated World

他们是大英帝国最后的残骸。

They are the last vestiges of the British Empire .

生活在大英帝国统治之下的民众。

The people that lived under the flag of the British empire .