capital

['kæpitl]

n.首都, 资本, 大写字母, [建筑]柱顶
adj.资本的, 大写的, 一流的, 首要的, 极其严重的, 涉及死亡的

n.

1. 首都; 首府; 省会[C]

Dublin is the capital of Ireland.

都柏林是爱尔兰的首都。

2. (某种工业, 活动等集中的)重要都市[C]

3. 资本; 本钱[U][S1]

The corporation has enough capital to build another factory.

这家公司有足够的资金来兴建另一家工厂。

4. 大写字母[C]

5. 资本家, 资方[U]

a.

1. 可处死刑的; 致命的[B]

There is no capital punishment in some countries.

有些国家没有死刑。

2. 大写字母的[B][cf:lower case小写]

Proper nouns are spelled with a capital letter.

专有名词用大写字母。

3. 资本的[B]

4. 首位的; 重要的, 基本的[B]

5. 【口】顶好的, 第一流的

He came up with a capital idea.

他想出了一个绝妙的主意。

词形变化

名词复数：capitals

词义辨析

同义:

a.首位的; 重要的

important  leading  top  chief

n.资本; 本钱

money  funds  stock

n.首都; 重要都市

city  government seat

n.大写字母

large letter  

同义参见:

possession  purse  asset  metropolis  seat  resource  fiscal  excellent  

反义:

a.重要的; 资本的

trivial

n.资本家; 资本

labor  interest  

英英释义

名词 capital:

assets available for use in the production of further assets

同义词：working capital

wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

a seat of government

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

同义词：capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule

a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product

the federal government of the United States

同义词：Washington

a book written by Karl Marx describing his economic theories

同义词：Das Kapital

the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

同义词：chapiter, cap

形容词 capital:

first-rate

of primary important

uppercase

同义词：great, majuscule

补充

capitalcapital英:[ˈkæpitl] 美:[ˈkæpɪtl]n.1.首都, 首府The capital is located on the river.首都位于河畔。2.资本, 资金3.大写字母In this sentence, the word BIG is in capitals.本句中BIG一词用的是大写字母。adj.1.资本的, 与资本有关的2.主要的3.极好的She is a capital singer.她是一个极好的歌手。That's capital!那好极了!4.大写的5.可处死刑的He was sentenced to capital punishment.他被判处死刑。

例句

1. Paris is the French capital.巴黎是法国的首都。 2. Cardiff is the capital of Wales.加的夫是威尔士首府。 3. Austin is the state capital of Texas.奥斯丁是得克萨斯州州府。 4. Alicante is the provincial capital.阿利坎特是省会。 5. 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。 6. New York, the fashion capital of the world纽约, 世界时尚之都 7. He gained overall control by putting up most of the capital.他通过提供大部分资本获得了全面控制权。 8. Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.各家公司现在很难筹集到资金。 9. The name and address are written in capitals.姓名和地址是用大写字母写的。 10. He rebuked the President for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.他指责总统企图利用人质事件捞取政治资本。 11. On its menus was embossed a pair of capital "R's".菜单上饰有一对大写字母R的浮雕图案。 12. capital investment资本投资 13. capital spending资本支出 14. Espionage is a capital offence in this country.在这个国家从事间谍活动是死罪。 15. Americans wrongly convicted of capital crimes被误判死罪的美国人 16. He's a capital fellow.他是个出色的小伙子。 17. It's a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.在获得数据前作理论推断是非常严重的错误。 18. He's in trouble with a capital T.他确实有麻烦了。 19. She is mean with a capital M.她真的很吝啬。 20. Milan is the fashion capital of the world.米兰是世界时装之都。 21. the senior partner would provide the initial capital.主要合伙人将提供创业资本。 22. rates of return on invested capital were high.投资资金回报率高。 23. a conflict of interest between capital and labour.劳资双方的利益冲突。 24. there is insufficient investment in human capital.人力资本投资不够。 25. he wrote the name in capitals.他用大写字母写名字。 26. murder is the only capital crime in the state.谋杀是这个国家惟一可判死刑的犯罪。 27. he's a really capital fellow.他真是个大好人。 28. That's splendid! capital!.太好了！太棒了！。 29. trying to make political capital out of the weakness of his rival.设法利用他对手弱点以谋求政治利益。 30. she was ugly with a capital U.她真是名副其实地丑。 31. Madrid is the capital of Spain.马德里是西班牙的首都。 32. When she had enough capital, she bought a shop.她等到资金充足的时候，便买下一家商店。 33. Write your name in capitals.用大写字母写上你的姓名。 34. Niagara Falls is the honeymoon capital of the world.尼亚加拉瀑布是世界的蜜月之都。 35. a capital offence (= a crime for which sb can be sentenced to death)死罪 36. ‘David’ begins with a capital ‘D’.David以字母D开头。 37. capital letters大写字母 38. a capital D大写字母D 39. His handwritten capital S's look a lot like lowercase/small s's.他手写的大写字母S看起来就像小写字母s。 40. He is conservative with a capital C! [=he is very conservative]他是不折不扣的保守派！ 41. The sauce is spicy with a capital S. [=it is very spicy]这调味酱实在是太辣了。 42. the state's capital city国家的首都 43. Homicide that occurs during the course of an attempted kidnapping is a capital crime in some states.在有些州绑架未遂而杀人是死罪。 44. capital murder/rape charges会判死刑的谋杀/强奸指控 45. a capital idea极好的主意 46. Does he have the capital to start a new business?他有资金创办新的企业吗？ 47. capital accumulation = the accumulation of capital资本积累 48. "Like most homeowners, her house is her biggest capital asset."正如大多数房主一样，她的房子便是她最大的资产。 49. The governor wasted his political capital on an unpopular issue.州长因为一件不光彩的事使其政治资本受损。 50. She's been accused of trying to make capital out of the tragedy. [=of trying to use the tragedy to her advantage; of trying to benefit from the tragedy]她因试图发灾难财而受到指控。 51. the state/provincial capital国都；省会 52. Austin is the capital of Texas.奥斯汀是得克萨斯州的首府。 53. Beijing is China's capital.北京是中国的首都。 54. New York City is the media capital of the United States.纽约市是美国的媒体中心。 55. This town is the region's cultural capital.这个小镇是当地的文化中心。