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；省会

  • Australia's capital city is Canberra. 澳大利亚的首都是堪培拉。

  • London used to be the financial capital of the world. 伦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 -- 大写字母

  • Please print your name in capitals. 请用大写字母以印刷体填写你的名字。

  • A proper noun should start with a capital. 专有名词首字母必须大写。

• 2 money and possessions, especially a large amount of money used for producing more wealth or for starting a new business -- 资本，资金；本钱

  • She leaves her capital untouched in the bank and lives off the interest. 她不动用银行里的本金，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. 我们在生意上投入了两万英镑，但很可能会在几年内看不到任何回报。

• 3 the top part of a column -- 柱头，柱冠，柱顶

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

  • Do you write "calvinist" with a capital "C" or not? 你写 calvinist 时将 c 大写吗？

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

  • In some countries, importing drugs is a capital offence. 在某些国家，携带毒品入境是死罪。

• 6 very good or excellent -- 很棒的，极好的

  • That's a capital idea! 那主意好极了！