capital是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a city that is the centre of government of a country or smaller political area -- 首都；首府；省會

  • Australia's capital city is Canberra. 澳大利亞的首都是坎培拉。

  • London used to be the financial capital of the world. 倫敦曾是世界金融中心。

• 1 a letter of the alphabet in the form and larger size that is used at the beginning of sentences and names -- 大寫字母

  • Please print your name in capitals. 請用大寫字母以印刷體填寫你的名字。

  • A proper noun should start with a capital. 專有名詞首字母必須大寫。

• 2 money and possessions, especially a large amount of money used for producing more wealth or for starting a new business -- 資本，資金；本錢

  • She leaves her capital untouched in the bank and lives off the interest. 她不動用銀行裡的本金，靠利息生活。

  • We put $20,000 capital into the business, but we're unlikely to see any return for a few years. 我們在生意上投入了兩萬英鎊，但很可能在幾年內都看不到任何回報。

• 3 the top part of a column -- 柱頭，柱冠，柱頂

• 4 (of a letter of the alphabet) in the form and larger size that is used at the beginning of sentences and names -- 大寫字母的

  • Do you write "calvinist" with a capital "C" or not? 你寫 calvinist 時將 c 大寫嗎？

• 5 a crime that can be punished by death -- 死罪

  • In some countries, importing drugs is a capital offence. 在某些國家，攜帶毒品入境是死罪。

• 6 very good or excellent -- 很棒的，極好的

  • That's a capital idea! 那主意好極了！