capital
n
1 town or city that is the centre of government of a country, state or province 首都; 首府; 省會
Cairo is the capital of Egypt. 開羅是埃及的首都.
[attrib 作定語]
London, Paris and Rome are capital cities. 倫敦、 巴黎、 羅馬都是國都.
2 (also capital letter) letter of the form and size used to begin a name or a sentence 大寫字母
In this sentence, the word BIG is in capitals. 本句中BIG一字用的是大寫字母.
Write your name in block capitals, please. 姓名請用大寫.
3 head or top part of a column 柱頭; 柱頂. =>illus at column 見column之插圖. capital, adj [usu attrib 通常作定語]
1 involving punishment by death 死刑的: a capital offence 死罪
capital punishment, ie the death penalty 死刑.
2 (of letters) having the form and size used to begin a name or a sentence (指字母)大寫的
London is spelt with a capital `L'. London一字中L是大寫的.
3 very serious 極嚴重的: a capital error 大錯.
4 (dated 舊 Brit) excellent 極好的
What a capital idea! 真是一個好主意! capital n
1 [U] wealth or property that may be used to produce more wealth 資本; 資金.
2 [sing] sum of money used to start a business 本錢
set up a business with a starting capital of 100000 先拿100000英鎊當本錢創業.
3 [U] accumulated material wealth owned by a person or a business 個人或企業積累的物質財富
[attrib 作定語]
capital assets 資本資產.
4 [U] capitalists or their interests 資本家; 資方
capital and labour 資方與勞方.
5 (idm 習語) make capital (out) of sth use (a situation, etc) to one's own advantage 利用
The Opposition parties made (political) capital out of the disagreements within the Cabinet. 反對黨利用內閣的分歧而撈取(政治)資本.