capital

英 [ˈkæpɪtl]

美 [ˈkæpɪtl]

n.  首都; 国都; 资本; 资金; 启动资金; 财富; 财产
adj.  死刑的; 大写的; 顶好的; 极好的

复数：capitals　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM4BEC

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.729 / COCA.1061

同义词辨析

capitalassetfinancefundsloan【导航词义：资金】

习惯用语

n.

make capital (out) of sth
• 从…中捞取好处；利用…谋求私利
  to use a situation for your own advantage
• The opposition parties are making political capital out of the government's problems.
  各反对党都在利用政府存在的问题捞取政治资本。

adj.

with a capital A, B, etc.
• （强调有特别含义的字眼）真正地，名副其实地，不折不扣地
  used to emphasize that a word has a stronger meaning than usual in a particular situation
• He was romantic with a capital R.
  他纯属浪漫派。

牛津词典

noun

城市 city
• 首都；国都
  the most important town or city of a country, usually where the central government operates from
  1. Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
     开罗是埃及的首都。
  2. Paris, the fashion capital of the world
     巴黎——世界时装之都
金钱 money
• 资本；资金；启动资金
  a large amount of money that is invested or is used to start a business
  1. to set up a business with a starting capital of £100 000
     以10万英镑为启动资金创办一个企业
• 财富；财产
  wealth or property that is owned by a business or a person
  1. capital assets
     资本资产
  2. capital expenditure (= money that an organization spends on buildings, equipment, etc.)
     资本投资
• 资方
  people who use their money to start businesses, considered as a group
  1. capital and labour
     资方与劳方
字母 letter
• 大写字母
  a letter of the form and size that is used at the beginning of a sentence or a name (= A,B,C rather than a,b,c)
  1. Use block capitals (= separate capital letters) .
     使用大写字母。
  2. Please write in capitals/in capital letters .
     请用大写字母书写。
建筑 architecture
• 柱顶；柱头
  the top part of a column

adj.

惩罚 punishment
• 死刑的
  involving punishment by death
  1. a capital offence
     死罪
字母 letter
• 大写的
  having the form and size used at the beginning of a sentence or a name
  1. English is written with a capital ‘E’.
     English一词中字母E大写。
优秀 excellent
• 顶好的；极好的
  excellent

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 资本;资金
  Capitalis a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
  1. Companies are having difficulty in raising capital...
     各公司融资困难。
  2. A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.
     一大笔资金投入了各分公司。
• N-UNCOUNT (厂房、机器等)固定资产,资本资产
  You can usecapitalto refer to buildings or machinery which are necessary to produce goods or to make companies more efficient, but which do not make money directly.
  1. ...capital equipment that could have served to increase production.
     本可以用来增加产出的资产设备
  2. ...capital investment.
     资本投资
• N-UNCOUNT (借款或投资的)本金,本钱
  Capitalis the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest.
  1. With a conventional repayment mortgage, the repayments consist of both capital and interest.
     常规的按揭还款额既包含本金也包括利息。
• N-COUNT 首都;首府
  Thecapitalof a country is the city or town where its government or parliament meets.
  1. ...Katmandu, the capital of Nepal.
     尼泊尔首都加德满都
• N-COUNT (工商业活动的)中心
  If a place isthe capital ofa particular industry or activity, it is the place that is most famous for it, because it happens in that place more than anywhere else.
  1. Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade.
     科尔马长期以来一直被视为葡萄酒贸易中心。
  2. ...New York, the fashion capital of the world.
     纽约,世界时尚之都
• N-COUNT 大写字母
  Capitalsorcapital lettersare written or printed letters in the form which is used at the beginning of sentences or names. 'T', 'B', and 'F' are capitals.
  1. The name and address are written in capitals.
     姓名和地址是大写的。
• ADJ (犯罪)情节严重的,可判处死刑的
  Acapitaloffence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death.
  1. Espionage is a capital offence in this country.
     在这个国家,从事间谍活动是死罪。
  2. ...Americans wrongly convicted of capital crimes.
     被误判死罪的美国人
• 柱头;柱顶
  Acapitalis the top part of a stone column, which is sometimes decorated with stone leaves or other patterns.
• See also:working capital

Note that you must always use acapitalletter with days of the week, months of the year, and festivals....on Monday the 13th of January. ...at Christmas.Names of seasons, however, usually begin with a small letter....in spring.Capitalsmust also be used with the names of countries and other places, as well with the adjectives and nouns derived from them, such as those which refer to their inhabitants or languages....in Portugal. ...the Swiss police. ...thousands of Germans... He spoke fluent Arabic.
注意, 表示星期几、月份和节假日的词首字母必须大写: on Monday the 13th of January (1月13日, 星期一)，at Christmas (圣诞节期间)。不过, 表示季节的名词首字母通常小写: in spring (在春季)。国名、地名及其派生出来的表示其居民或语言等的形容词、名词首字母必须大写: in Portugal (在葡萄牙)，the Swiss police (瑞士警方)，thousands of Germans (成千上万的德国人)，He spoke fluent Arabic (他讲一口流利的阿拉伯语)。

• PHRASE 从…中捞取好处;从…中渔利
  If you say that someoneis making capital out ofa situation, you disapprove of the way they are gaining an advantage for themselves through other people's efforts or bad luck.
  1. He rebuked the President for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.
     他谴责总统试图利用人质事件捞取政治利益。
• PHRASE (用于强调某一字眼具有特殊意义)地道的，彻头彻尾的
  You can use phrases such as 'Lifewith a capitalL', to emphasize that a word has a particular significance in the situation you are talking about.
  1. She's not feminist with a capital F but she's fairly controversial.
     她不是个真正意义上的女权主义者,但却是个颇具争议的人物。

英英释义

noun

• the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
  Synonym:chapitercap
• one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
  1. printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate case
  Synonym:capital letteruppercaseupper-case lettermajuscule
• a seat of government
• a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
  1. the crime capital of Italy
  2. the drug capital of Columbia
• wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
• assets available for use in the production of further assets
  Synonym:working capital

adj

• uppercase
  1. capital A
  2. great A
  3. many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script
  Synonym:greatmajuscule
• of primary importance
  1. our capital concern was to avoid defeat
• first-rate
  1. a capital fellow
  2. a capital idea

双语例句

• He's caved in on capital punishment.
  在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
• The cost of capital is widely misunderstood.
  对资本成本存在着广泛的误解。
• This permitted Western manufacturers to play their strong cards: capital and technology.
  这让西方制造商得以亮出他们的王牌：资金和技术。
• The state provided the requisite capital for this farm.
  国家为这个农场提供了必要的资金。
• As stock prices have dropped, so too has bank capital.
  随着股价下跌，银行资本也减少了。
• We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
  如果我们支持死刑，那就背弃了我们立国的理念。
• He called for the reform of capital gains tax.
  他呼吁进行资本收益税改革。
• Land, labor and capital are all productive of wealth.
  土地、劳动和资本都能创造财富。
• The sentence, Beijing is the capital of China is a proposition.
  ‘北京是中国的首都’，这个句子就是一个命题。
• The name and address are written in capitals.
  姓名和地址是大写的。