With the rise of nationalism, the colonial empires began to disintegrate.随着民族主义的崛起，殖民帝国开始瓦解。I sat on the Colonial bench that was just to the left of the office doorway.我坐在办公室门口左手边那把英国殖民帝国时期的长椅上。New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。