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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

capital ['kæpɪtl]
  1. 1. noun [c] (city) 首都
    the Danish capital, Copenhagen
    丹麦的首都哥本哈根
  2. 2. noun [u] (money) 资本
    He provided most of the capital.
    提供大部分资本
  3. 3. noun [c] (also: capital letter) 大写字母
  4. 4. adjective [+offence] [ crime] 死刑
    in capitals
    大写字母
    The name was written in capitals.
    名字是用大写的。
    capital R/L {etc}
    大写字母R/L{等}

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

capital
  1. 1. [Finance] 资本/资本金
capital [ˈkæpɪtəl]
  1. 1. noun [Proper Nouns] 美国联邦政府
    The capital of the United States of America is located in Washington D.C.
    美利坚合众国首都华盛顿
  2. 2. n.[u] 营运资本营运资金
    Our proposals would offer them an alternative market for capital.
    我们建议是为他们提供一个资本市场
  3. 3. noun [专有名词,书名] 《资本论》,卡尔·马克思于1867所著的有关经济理论方面书籍
  4. 4. n.[u] 资产
    Retired wokers do not have enough capital to make a full purchase.
    退休工人没有充分资金全额购买
  5. 5. n.[c] 首都首府
    There have been several political incidents in the capital recently.
    首都最近发生一些政治事件
  6. 6. n.[c] 大写字母
    She labeled them neatly, writing the addresses in ball point pen and capital letters.
    她为它们整齐地贴上标签,用圆珠笔标出大写字母地址
    Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters.
    排版工人一度大写字母小写字母活字置于不同的格盘(case)中;大写字模放在格盘上的上半方,故而称为“upper-case letter”。
  7. 7. n.[c] 都,中心(城市
    The city of Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan, lies surrounded by hills.
    京都日本的文化中心位于群山环抱之中
  8. 8. n.[c] [Architecture] 柱头柱顶
    The base and the capital were badly damaged during the earthquake.
    地震中,地基梁柱遭到严重损坏
  9. 9. n.[u] 资本家资方
  10. 10. adjective [Spoken] [British English] 一流的优秀的,极好的
    That's a capital suggestion!
    这是一等一的好主意!
  11. 11. adjective 重要的,首要
    We should not treat them as capital offenders.
    我们不该把他们当成要犯
    Our capital concern was to avoid defeat.
    我们首要关心的是避免惨败
  12. 12. adjective 大写
    The last name always starts with a capital letter.
    姓氏总是以大写字母打头
  13. 13. adjective 处死刑
  14. 14. adjective 致命的,极严重的
  15. 15. adjective 资本的,与资本有关
  16. 16. adjective 首都

Collins English-English Dictionary

capital ['kæpɪtəl]
  1. 1. n a capital letter cap cap
  2. 2. n the seat of government of a country or other political unit
  3. 3. n (as modifier)
    a capital city
  4. 4. n material wealth owned by an individual or business enterprise
  5. 5. n wealth available for or capable of use in the production of further wealth, as by industrial investment
  6. 6. n [sometimes capital] the capitalist class or their interests
    capital versus labour
  7. 7. n [accounting] the ownership interests of a business as represented by the excess of assets over liabilities
  8. 8. n the nominal value of the authorized or issued shares
  9. 9. n (as modifier)
    capital issues
  10. 10. n any assets or resources, esp when used to gain profit or advantage
  11. 11. n (as modifier)
    capital B
  12. 12. adj [prenominal] [law] involving or punishable by death
    a capital offence
  13. 13. adj very serious; fatal
    a capital error
  14. 14. adj primary, chief, or principal
    our capital concern is that everyone be fed
  15. 15. adj of, relating to, or designating the large modern majuscule letter used chiefly as the initial letter in personal names and place names and other uniquely specificatory nouns, and often for abbreviations and acronyms - Compare small - See also upper case
  16. 16. adj [chiefly Brit] excellent; first-rate
    a capital idea
  17. 17. adj [Etymology] C13: from Latin capitalis (adj) concerning the head, chief, from caput head; compare Medieval Latin capitale (n) wealth, from capitalis (adj)
capital ['kæpɪtəl]
  1. 1. n the upper part of a column or pier that supports the entablature chapiter cap
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French capitel, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput head

Examples

a capital virtue
重要的品德
a capital idea
好主意
dead capital
不盈利的资本
floating capital
流动资金
Beijing capital airport is currently reviewing its airport facilities.
北京首都机场最近正在检查机场设施。

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