新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

capital

英  [ˈkæpɪtəl]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1可处死刑的

    A capital offence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death.

    双语例句

    例:

    Espionage is a capital offence in this country.

    间谍活动在这个国家是死罪。

    NOUN. 名词
  • capitals

    1[U 不可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.

    各公司在融资方面遇到麻烦。

    2[U 不可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    capital equipment that could have served to increase production.

    可用于提高产量的资产设备。

    例:

    capital investment.

    资本投资。

    3[U 不可数名词] 本金 , 本钱

    Capital is the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest.

    双语例句

    例:

    With a conventional mortgage, the payments consist of both capital and interest.

    常规的按揭还款额包括本金和利息两部分。

    4[C 可数名词] 首都

    The capital of a country is the city or town where its government meets.

    双语例句

    例:

    Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

    尼泊尔的首都加德满都。

    5[C 可数名词] (某一产业或活动的)有名之地 , …之都

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade.

    科尔马长久以来一直被誉为葡萄酒贸易之都。

    6[C 可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    The name and address are written in capitals.

    姓名和地址都大写。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • make capital out of something , make capital of something

    1利用

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    He rebuked the president for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.

    他指责总统试图利用人质事件捞取政治利益。