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

直到1982年，这个国家一直是大英帝国一部分。

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最大大都会头衔。

The British empire still exists on paper to this day.

表面上看，大英帝国至今仍然存在。

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

那时起，它相继被葡萄牙、荷兰、大英帝国统治，长达几世纪。

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

大英帝国在印度历史充满争议，各方观点各异。

In 1953, she reigned over a dwindling British Empire.

1953年，她统治了一个日益缩小大英帝国。

She advocated for minority rights across the British Empire.

她倡导整个大英帝国少数民族权利。

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

安德森·耶利米名字来自另一个人，约翰·安德森，他是大英帝国时期一名基督传士。

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

到了 1855 年，南丁格尔成了大英帝国英雄。

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

美国曾一度是大英帝国一部分。

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。

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。

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

印度是大英帝国中首先脱离。

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

华氏便成为了横跨全球大英帝国所使用标准单位。

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衰亡以及随之而来混乱。

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石油需求。

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。

Now, imagine that death means you are now at the helm of the British Empire.

现在，想象一下，他去世意味着你要成为大英帝国掌权者。

She was 6,000 miles from home and comfortably within the pale of the British Empire.

她离家 6000 英里，舒适地生活在大英帝国（影响）范围之地。

Not only have the French and British empires fallen, immigrants have moved back in to France and Britain from their former colonies.

不仅仅法国和英国帝国衰落，移民也前殖民地回到了法国和英国。