capitals
英
/ˈkæpɪtlz/
美
/ˈkæpɪtlz/
n.
首都;国都;资本;资金;启动资金;财富;财产
capital的复数
柯林斯词典
capital
频次
1
N-UNCOUNT 资本;资金
Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
Companies are having difficulty in raising capital...
各公司融资困难。
2
N-UNCOUNT (厂房、机器等)固定资产,资本资产
You can use capital to refer to buildings or machinery which are necessary to produce goods or to make companies more efficient, but which do not make money directly.
...capital equipment that could have served to increase production.
本可以用来增加产出的资产设备
3
N-UNCOUNT (借款或投资的)本金,本钱
Capital is the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest.
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。
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N-COUNT 首都;首府
The capital of a country is the city or town where its government or parliament meets.
...Katmandu, the capital of Nepal.
尼泊尔首都加德满都
5
N-COUNT (工商业活动的)中心
If a place is the capital of a particular industry or activity, it is the place that is most famous for it, because it happens in that place more than anywhere else.
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。
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N-COUNT 大写字母
Capitals or capital letters are written or printed letters in the form which is used at the beginning of sentences or names. 'T', 'B', and 'F' are capitals.
The name and address are written in capitals.
姓名和地址是大写的。
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ADJ (犯罪)情节严重的,可判处死刑的
A capital offence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death.
Espionage is a capital offence in this country.
在这个国家,从事间谍活动是死罪。
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N-COUNT 柱头;柱顶
A capital is the top part of a stone column, which is sometimes decorated with stone leaves or other patterns.
9
See also: working capital
Usage Note:
Note that you must always use a capital letter 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. Capitals must 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)。
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PHRASE 从…中捞取好处;从…中渔利
If you say that someone is making capital out of a situation, you disapprove of the way they are gaining an advantage for themselves through other people's efforts or bad luck.
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。
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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 'Life with a capital L', to emphasize that a word has a particular significance in the situation you are talking about.
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。
双语例句
全部 首都 国都 资本 资金
1
London was different from most European capitals
伦敦同大多数欧洲国家的首都都有所不同。
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2
He and colleagues have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals
他和同事们在这3个首都之间往来穿梭。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
3
There was heavy fighting in the capital last night.
昨晚首都发生了激烈战斗。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
4
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。
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5
We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow.
我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。
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