capital['kæpitәl]
汉语翻译
n. 首都, 大写字母, 资本
a. 首都的, 重要的
【医】 首要的
【经】 资金, 资本
词意辨析
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary这些形容词均含有“首要的，主要的”之意。
chief: 指人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。
principal: 用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
main: 通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
major: 指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。
leading: 侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
capital: 着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
foremost: 侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
primary: 通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。
英语解释
名词 capital:
- assets available for use in the production of further assets同义词：working capital
- wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- a seat of government
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis同义词：capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- the federal government of the United States同义词：Washington
- a book written by Karl Marx describing his economic theories同义词：Das Kapital
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature同义词：chapiter, cap
形容词 capital:
- first-rate
- of primary important
- uppercase同义词：great, majuscule
例句
- London is spelt with a capital L'.London一字中L是大写的。
- The criminal was sentenced to capital punishment.罪犯被判处死刑。
- Write your initials in capitals.把你名字的第一个字母写成大写。
- Beijing is the capital of China.北京是中国的首都。
详细解释
capital
n.（名词）
Abbr. cap.A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.缩写 cap.首都；首府：一个政治实体（如一个州或一个国家）中作为其政府的正式所在地的一座城镇或城市A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry:工商业中心，主要城市：为某种活动或工业的中心的一座城市：例句：the financial capital of the world.世界金融中心
Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.资本：以货币或财产形式存在的财富，被一个人、一群合伙人或一个公司在其商业活动中使用或聚集Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.资产：用来或可用来制造更多财富的物质财富的资产Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy:人力资源：按其在一经济中的贡献来衡量的人力的资源：例句：.[The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital. (George F. Will). 他的引起人力资源的流失的计划很快暴露. (乔治F.威尔)
Accounting The remaining assets of a business after all liabilities have been deducted; net worth.【会计学】 资产净值：一个企业在扣除了所有的债务后所余资产；净值Capital stock.股本，股本总额Capitalists considered as a group or class.资产阶级：一组或一阶层的资本家的总称An asset or advantage:资源或优势：例句：.profited from political capital accumulated by others.(Michael Mandelbaum).从由别人累聚的政治资本中获利.(迈克尔·曼德尔鲍姆)
Abbr. cap.A capital letter.缩写 cap.大写的字母adj.（形容词）First and foremost; principal:第一位的和首要的；最主要的：例句：a decision of capital importance.一个头等重要的决定
First-rate; excellent:一流的；优秀的：例句：a capital idea.绝妙的想法
Relating to or being a seat of government.政府的：关于或是一个政府所在地的Extremely serious:极其严重的：例句：a capital blunder.重大的错误
Involving death or calling for the death penalty:涉及死亡的或应判死刑的：例句：a capital offense.死罪
Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business:资产的，资本的：属于或关于金融资产的，尤其是属于或关于那些增加了一个企业净值的资产的：例句：made capital improvements at the plant site.在厂家改善资产状况
Abbr. cap.Relating to or being a capital letter.缩写 cap.大写字母的：关于或是一个大写字母的
来源：From Middle English [principal] 源自 中古英语 [主要的] from Old French 源自 古法语 from Latin capit3lis 源自 拉丁语 capit3lis from caput [head, money laid out] * see kaput- 源自 caput [头，投的资] *参见 kaput-
The term for a town or city that serves as a seat of government is spelledcapital. The term for the building in which a legislative assembly meets is spelledcapitol. 表示作为政府所在地的一座城镇或城市的术语拼写是capital。 表示一个立法大会开会的建筑的词语拼写为capitol
capitalcapital 2
n.
Architecture （名词）
【建筑学】 The top part of a pillar or column.柱头：一根柱子或圆柱的顶端部分
来源：Middle English 中古英语 from Anglo-Norman 源自 英法语 from Late Latin
capitellum 源自 后期拉丁语
capitellum diminutive of Latin
caput [head] * see kaput- 拉丁语
caput的小后缀 [头部] *参见 kaput-