- 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：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：“[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："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
- First and foremost; principal:第一位的和首要的；最主要的：a decision of capital importance.一个头等重要的决定
- First-rate; excellent:一流的；优秀的：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：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：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：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
- From Middle English [principal] 源自 中古英语 [主要的]
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin capitālis 源自 拉丁语 capitālis
- 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
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- The top part of a pillar or column.柱头：一根柱子或圆柱的顶端部分
- 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-