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

• Third, hidden danger also exists in the utilization of foreign capitals.
  第三，利用外资也存在着引发金融危机的隐患。
• 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。
• Today, New York is often regarded as one of the financial and cultural capitals of the Western World.
  现在纽约常常被看作是西方经济和文化大都会之一。
• Xi'an is one of the ancient capitals of our country.
  西安是我国古都之一。
• I compiled weights and measures, streets, countries and their capitals.
  我的类别有度量衡、街道、国家及其首都。
• Plenty of countries have skilled workforces and cultured capitals, as welcoming as the UK.
  许多国家拥有熟练工人和成熟资本，与英国一样有吸引力。
• The name and address are written in capitals.
  姓名和地址是大写的。
• 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？
• The relationship of social capitals and the attributes of external knowledge are determinants of actual absorptive capacity.
  企业社会资本的关系维度、企业外部知识属性对实际吸收能力有重要影响。
• Use all capitals, and slightly enlarge the first letter.
  使用所有的首都，并略有放大的第一个字母。