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

• N-UNCOUNT 资本;资金
  Capitalis a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
  1. Companies are having difficulty in raising capital...
     各公司融资困难。
  2. A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.
     一大笔资金投入了各分公司。
• N-UNCOUNT (厂房、机器等)固定资产,资本资产
  You can usecapitalto refer to buildings or machinery which are necessary to produce goods or to make companies more efficient, but which do not make money directly.
  1. ...capital equipment that could have served to increase production.
     本可以用来增加产出的资产设备
  2. ...capital investment.
     资本投资
• N-UNCOUNT (借款或投资的)本金,本钱
  Capitalis the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 首都;首府
  Thecapitalof a country is the city or town where its government or parliament meets.
  1. ...Katmandu, the capital of Nepal.
     尼泊尔首都加德满都
• N-COUNT (工商业活动的)中心
  If a place isthe capital ofa particular industry or activity, it is the place that is most famous for it, because it happens in that place more than anywhere else.
  1. 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。
  2. ...New York, the fashion capital of the world.
     纽约,世界时尚之都
• N-COUNT 大写字母
  Capitalsorcapital lettersare written or printed letters in the form which is used at the beginning of sentences or names. 'T', 'B', and 'F' are capitals.
  1. The name and address are written in capitals.
     姓名和地址是大写的。
• ADJ (犯罪)情节严重的,可判处死刑的
  Acapitaloffence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death.
  1. Espionage is a capital offence in this country.
     在这个国家,从事间谍活动是死罪。
  2. ...Americans wrongly convicted of capital crimes.
     被误判死罪的美国人
• 柱头;柱顶
  Acapitalis the top part of a stone column, which is sometimes decorated with stone leaves or other patterns.
• See also:working capital

Note that you must always use acapitalletter 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.Capitalsmust 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)。

• PHRASE 从…中捞取好处;从…中渔利
  If you say that someoneis making capital out ofa situation, you disapprove of the way they are gaining an advantage for themselves through other people's efforts or bad luck.
  1. 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。
• 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 'Lifewith a capitalL', to emphasize that a word has a particular significance in the situation you are talking about.
  1. 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

• They do not understand whether Brussels has the final say, or the27 capitals all share the final say?
  他们不明白，到底是布鲁塞尔说了算，还是27个首都说了算？
• At present, China and ASEAN countries have air links among capitals or some major cities.
  目前中国与东盟各国已实现首都或主要城市之间的通航。
• First of all, our country demands a higher technological content from the inflow of capitals.
  首先，国家对於进入内地市场的资金，提出了要有更多高科技技术含量的要求。
• As one of the seven ancient capitals in China, Hangzhou is a famous historic and cultural city.
  杭州，是我国著名的历史文化名城，也是七大古都之一。
• The absorption of foreign capitals is a very important factor tothe economic development of the developing countries.
  发展中国家在促进经济发展的过程中，吸引外资以弥补国内资源的缺口是一个十分重要的促动因素。
• Banks and several capitals are warming to such solutions.
  银行和一些资方对此类解决方案表现出热心的态度。
• Local secondary education is concentrated in the provincial capitals and some district centers.
  当地的中级教育主要集中在省会和其它一些行政中心。
• I start asking, how many state capitals can I remember?
  我开始问，我能记住多少个州的首府？
• And changing the geographical location of national capitals could hardly be a bargaining chip.
  改变国家首都的地理位置，也不大能作为交易筹码了。
• I can do this in many other European capitals too.
  我可以做许多其他欧洲国家的首都了这一点。