1.In 1953, she reigned over a dwindling British Empire.

1953年，她统治了一日益缩小的大英帝国。

2.The British empire still exists on paper to this day.

表面上看，大英帝国然存在。

3.The country formally remained part of the British empire until 1982.

直到1982年，这国家一直是大英帝国的一部分。

4.This boundary was artificially decided by the British empire back in 1893.

这条边界是大英帝国在 1893 年人为划定的。

5.It later vied with London as the biggest metropolis in the British empire.

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。

6.Since then, ownership was passed between the Portuguese and Dutch and British empires for centuries.

从那时起，它相继被葡牙、荷兰、大英帝国统治，长达几世纪。

7.The history of the British empire in India is controversial with many views on all sides.

大英帝国在印度的历史充满争议，各方观点各异。

8.Bishop Anderson Jeremiah's name comes from another man, John Anderson, a Christian missionary during the British empire.

安德森·耶利米主教的名字来自另一人，约翰·安德森，他是大英帝国时期的一名基督教传教士。

9.She advocated for minority rights across the British Empire.

她倡大英帝国的少数民族权利。

10.Come 1855, Nightingale was a hero of the British Empire.

到了 1855 年，南丁格尔成了大英帝国的英雄。

11.And before them, the British empire invaded Afghanistan on three separate occasions and failed to conquer them in each instance.

在他们之前，大英帝国曾三次入侵阿富汗，每次都未能征服这片土地。

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

美国曾一度是大英帝国的一部分。

13.He learned nothing about the British Empire at school, he writes.

他在书中写道，自己在上学时对大英帝国一无所知。

14.And for his heroism, Capes was awarded the British Empire medal.

由于他的英勇气概，卡普斯被授予大英帝国勋章。

15.But recently many museums have been criticised for stealing ancient treasures during imperial times – the age of the British empire.

但最近，许多博物馆因在帝国时代——大英帝国时代——窃取古老珍宝而受到批评。

16.And Fahrenheit became a standard system for the British Empire across the globe.

华氏便成为了横跨全球的大英帝国所使用的标准单位。

17.He considered this to be the prime location, as it would open up the whole British Empire as his new market.

他认为这里是黄金地段，因为它将打开大英帝国作为他的新市场。

18.India was the first part of the British Empire to fall off.

印度是大英帝国中首先脱离的。

19.Segment 28b: A Farewell To Empires, treats the postwar fall of the French and British empires, and the resulting chaos.

28段第二部分，告别帝国，我们将分析法国和英国帝国在战后的衰亡以及随之而来的混乱。

20.America therefore provided the British Empire with most of their oil needs.

因此，美国为大英帝国提供了大部分的石油需求。