英语词汇“capital”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

capital1

/ˈkapɪt(ə)l

noun

1 (also capital city or town) The city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region: Warsaw is the capital of Poland...

Coaches have been booked to ferry demonstrators to the capital from towns and cities across the UK.
The duo paid a six figure sum for the rights to open a store on Hanover Street in the capital's city centre, which opens next month.
In Europe most urban growth was in the large cities and capitals, and smaller towns declined.

Synonyms

first city, most important city, seat of government, centre of administration;

metropolis

1.1 [with modifier] A place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product: the fashion capital of the world...

He has been all over and is a regular in the world's fashion capital, Paris.
Those chosen will be flown to Paris for training before they are launched in international fashion capitals.
The event will be the first held by a mass-market clothing chain in one of the world's fashion capitals.

2 [mass noun] Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing: rates of return on invested capital were high...

The payback period is the number of years it takes before a project's discounted cash flows equal the initial capital invested.
Such a fast return on capital invested made the management purchase of Parc look like a real bargain.
There's a growing group of wealthy people who want to invest some of their capital in something that has a social purpose.

Synonyms

money, finance(s), funds, the wherewithal, the means, assets, wealth, resources, reserves, deep pockets, stock, principal;

working capital, investment capital

informal dough, bread, loot, the ready, readies, shekels, moolah, the necessary, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy, scratch, stuff, oof

British informal dosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers

North American informal dinero, greenbacks, simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma

Australian/New Zealand informal Oscar

informal, dated splosh, green, tin

British dated l.s.d.

North American informal, dated kale, rocks, shinplasters

archaic pelf

2.1The excess of a company’s assets over its liabilities.Current assets minus current liabilities equals the working capital available....

Owner's equity is the net worth or capital of an individual or business.

2.2People who possess wealth and use it to control a society’s economic activity, considered collectively: a conflict of interest between capital and labour...

The harmony George discerned between the interests of labor and capital applied only under free competition.
As with labour, the role of capital in economic development can be understood in terms of both quantity and quality.
Can this international division of labor and its control by capital be the basis for a consistent classification?

2.3 [with modifier] A valuable resource of a particular kind: there is insufficient investment in human capital...

Consultancy fees can be regarded as investments in human capital and hence treated as capital expenditure, something the economists love.
On a more itemized basis, knowledge capital is intellectual and human capital, customer and supplier capital.
Both physical and human capital require social capital to generate changes in process and outcome and to offer value for money on the investment.

3 (also capital letter) A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names: he wrote the name in capitals...

At the end of the game some fans standing in a row behind one of the goals held up the letters of Ronaldo's name in big white capitals, just like the Hollywood sign.
In tap, we have sentences and there is structure in the paragraph: All sentences begin with a capital letter; there are commas, exclamations.
The author of this new, third biography of the poet notes that Cummings signed his name in capitals in his personal correspondence, dealings with publishers and his diaries.

Synonyms

capital letter, upper-case letter, block capital

informal cap

technical uncial, uncial letter, majuscule letter

adjective

1 [attributive] (Of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty: murder is the only capital crime in the state...

The State of Texas has accordingly charged Yates with capital murder, a crime for which she may face the death penalty.
Not realising that he was charged with a capital offence, the undefended Downey pleaded guilty.
However I find this inconsistent with his claim to have feared being arrested for capital offences.

2 [attributive] (Of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.Assuming the piece is publishable, my name will be in there with a few names with a capital N....

My loyalties, however, lie with one uncle only, and his name starts with a capital S.
In relation to a capital T, if it is just a nice, straight vertical line with a cross across the top, it is a sans serif font - a square block.

Synonyms

upper-case, block

technical uncial, majuscule

3 informal, dated Excellent: he’s a really capital fellow...

Euan Semple, all-round capital fellow and big-time blogger at the BBC, got his gapingvoid t-shirt.
He sounds like a capital bloke.
The first mate is a Pole called Conrad and is a capital chap.

exclamation British informal, dated

Used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight: That’s splendid! Capital!...

That's capital! How glad I am you've come!
That's capital! I will certainly ride over to her.
That's splendid! Capital!

Phrases

make capital out of

with a capital ——

Derivatives

capitally

/ˈkapɪt(ə)li

/ adverb ...

I think that's part of it, and I also think people shouldn't be punished, whether capitally or just with prison terms if they are innocent.
In Hampshire, 101 prisoners were capitally convicted but only six were hanged; the others had their sentences commuted to transportation.
You told us, I think you said, right, that you wouldn't have minded if they capitally punished her, right?

Origin

Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'relating to the head or top', later 'standing at the head or beginning'): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput 'head'.

The first meaning of capital was ‘to do with the head or the top of something’. From this evolved such modern meanings as ‘the large form of a letter’ and ‘the chief city or town in a country’. The word goes back to Latin caput ‘head’. Capital in the financial sense was originally the capital stock of a company or trader, their main or original funds. The use as an adjective meaning ‘excellent’, now old-fashioned, dates from the mid 18th century. The capital of a column comes via French from Latin capitellum ‘a little head’. To capitulate (mid 16th century) is to admit that you are defeated and surrender. When it first entered the language it meant ‘to parley or draw up terms’, having come via French from medieval Latin capitulare ‘to draw up under headings’. Like capital, its ultimate root is Latin caput ‘head’, source also of cap, chapter, chief (Middle English), and captain (Late Middle English), both the ‘head’ of a group of people, and decapitate (early 17th century).

capital2

/ˈkapɪt(ə)l

noun Architecture

The distinct, typically broader section at the head of a pillar or column: the pillars have moulded capitals...

Suspended from the architrave or from the capital of the column is a pinax with a picture of Herakles.
The hall has highly polished, lathe-turned stone pillars, with capitals supporting brackets intricately carved with figures from Hindu mythology.
The throne is seen from directly in front, but the entablature and column capitals are seen from the left.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French capitel, from late Latin capitellum 'little head', diminutive of Latin caput.

单词	capital
释义	capital1 /ˈkapɪt(ə)l / noun 1 (also capital city or town) The city or town that functions as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region: Warsaw is the capital of Poland... Coaches have been booked to ferry demonstrators to the capital from towns and cities across the UK. The duo paid a six figure sum for the rights to open a store on Hanover Street in the capital's city centre, which opens next month. In Europe most urban growth was in the large cities and capitals, and smaller towns declined. Synonyms first city, most important city, seat of government, centre of administration; metropolis 1.1 [with modifier] A place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product: the fashion capital of the world... He has been all over and is a regular in the world's fashion capital, Paris. Those chosen will be flown to Paris for training before they are launched in international fashion capitals. The event will be the first held by a mass-market clothing chain in one of the world's fashion capitals. 2 [mass noun] Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing: rates of return on invested capital were high... The payback period is the number of years it takes before a project's discounted cash flows equal the initial capital invested. Such a fast return on capital invested made the management purchase of Parc look like a real bargain. There's a growing group of wealthy people who want to invest some of their capital in something that has a social purpose. Synonyms money, finance(s), funds, the wherewithal, the means, assets, wealth, resources, reserves, deep pockets, stock, principal; working capital, investment capital informal dough, bread, loot, the ready, readies, shekels, moolah, the necessary, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy, scratch, stuff, oof British informal dosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers North American informal dinero, greenbacks, simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma Australian/New Zealand informal Oscar informal, dated splosh, green, tin British dated l.s.d. North American informal, dated kale, rocks, shinplasters archaic pelf 2.1The excess of a company’s assets over its liabilities.Current assets minus current liabilities equals the working capital available.... Owner's equity is the net worth or capital of an individual or business. 2.2People who possess wealth and use it to control a society’s economic activity, considered collectively: a conflict of interest between capital and labour... The harmony George discerned between the interests of labor and capital applied only under free competition. As with labour, the role of capital in economic development can be understood in terms of both quantity and quality. Can this international division of labor and its control by capital be the basis for a consistent classification? 2.3 [with modifier] A valuable resource of a particular kind: there is insufficient investment in human capital... Consultancy fees can be regarded as investments in human capital and hence treated as capital expenditure, something the economists love. On a more itemized basis, knowledge capital is intellectual and human capital, customer and supplier capital. Both physical and human capital require social capital to generate changes in process and outcome and to offer value for money on the investment. 3 (also capital letter) A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names: he wrote the name in capitals... At the end of the game some fans standing in a row behind one of the goals held up the letters of Ronaldo's name in big white capitals, just like the Hollywood sign. In tap, we have sentences and there is structure in the paragraph: All sentences begin with a capital letter; there are commas, exclamations. The author of this new, third biography of the poet notes that Cummings signed his name in capitals in his personal correspondence, dealings with publishers and his diaries. Synonyms capital letter, upper-case letter, block capital informal cap technical uncial, uncial letter, majuscule letter adjective 1 [attributive] (Of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty: murder is the only capital crime in the state... The State of Texas has accordingly charged Yates with capital murder, a crime for which she may face the death penalty. Not realising that he was charged with a capital offence, the undefended Downey pleaded guilty. However I find this inconsistent with his claim to have feared being arrested for capital offences. 2 [attributive] (Of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.Assuming the piece is publishable, my name will be in there with a few names with a capital N.... My loyalties, however, lie with one uncle only, and his name starts with a capital S. In relation to a capital T, if it is just a nice, straight vertical line with a cross across the top, it is a sans serif font - a square block. Synonyms upper-case, block technical uncial, majuscule 3 informal, dated Excellent: he’s a really capital fellow... Euan Semple, all-round capital fellow and big-time blogger at the BBC, got his gapingvoid t-shirt. He sounds like a capital bloke. The first mate is a Pole called Conrad and is a capital chap. exclamation British informal, dated Used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight: That’s splendid! Capital!... That's capital! How glad I am you've come! That's capital! I will certainly ride over to her. That's splendid! Capital! Phrases make capital out of with a capital —— Derivatives capitally /ˈkapɪt(ə)li / adverb ... I think that's part of it, and I also think people shouldn't be punished, whether capitally or just with prison terms if they are innocent. In Hampshire, 101 prisoners were capitally convicted but only six were hanged; the others had their sentences commuted to transportation. You told us, I think you said, right, that you wouldn't have minded if they capitally punished her, right? Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'relating to the head or top', later 'standing at the head or beginning'): via Old French from Latin capitalis, from caput 'head'. The first meaning of capital was ‘to do with the head or the top of something’. From this evolved such modern meanings as ‘the large form of a letter’ and ‘the chief city or town in a country’. The word goes back to Latin caput ‘head’. Capital in the financial sense was originally the capital stock of a company or trader, their main or original funds. The use as an adjective meaning ‘excellent’, now old-fashioned, dates from the mid 18th century. The capital of a column comes via French from Latin capitellum ‘a little head’. To capitulate (mid 16th century) is to admit that you are defeated and surrender. When it first entered the language it meant ‘to parley or draw up terms’, having come via French from medieval Latin capitulare ‘to draw up under headings’. Like capital, its ultimate root is Latin caput ‘head’, source also of cap, chapter, chief (Middle English), and captain (Late Middle English), both the ‘head’ of a group of people, and decapitate (early 17th century). capital2 /ˈkapɪt(ə)l / noun Architecture The distinct, typically broader section at the head of a pillar or column: the pillars have moulded capitals... Suspended from the architrave or from the capital of the column is a pinax with a picture of Herakles. The hall has highly polished, lathe-turned stone pillars, with capitals supporting brackets intricately carved with figures from Hindu mythology. The throne is seen from directly in front, but the entablature and column capitals are seen from the left. Origin Middle English: from Old French capitel, from late Latin capitellum 'little head', diminutive of Latin caput.
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