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| 1 | to set a limit on the amount of money that someone can spend or charge 规定（收费或支出）的上限；规定…的限额 |
| The Department of the Environment is capping local authorities’ spending. 环境部正在限定地方当局的支出限额。 |
| The interest rate has been capped at 7.5 per cent. 利率上限规定为7.5%。 |
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| 2 | BRITISH to give a player a place in a country’ s team for an international match in football , rugby , or cricket 使（足球、橄榄球、板球等球员）成为国家队队员 |
| Rix was capped for England 17 times. 瑞克斯17次入选英格兰国家队。 |
| He has now become Brazil’ s most capped goalkeeper. 他现在成为巴西入选国家队次数最多的守门员。 |
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| 3 | to say or do something that is better , funnier, cleverer etc than something good , funny , clever etc that someone has just said or done 超过；胜过 |
| | 3a | to be a very good or very important event that happens at the end of a series of events 使圆满完成；使结束 | | His victory in the world championship capped a brilliant week’ s skiing. 他在世界锦标赛上的胜利给一周精彩的滑雪比赛画上了圆满的句号。 | | The festivities were capped by a presentation to all the committee members. 庆典活动以对全体委员的致词作为圆满结束。 | |
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| 4 | to fix a hard cover to a tooth to protect it or replace part of it 包（牙）；镶（牙） |
| She smiled, revealing a row of perfectly capped teeth. 她笑了，露出一排镶得很整齐的牙齿。 |
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| 5 | to put a cover or lid on something 给…加盖 |
| It’ s a good idea to cap the chimney to prevent dirt from getting in. 给烟囱加盖以防灰尘进入，这是个好主意。 |
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| - | be capped with/by literary
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| to have something on top |
| 被…所覆盖 |
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| The mountains were capped with snow. 山顶覆盖着积雪。 |
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| - | to cap it all informal
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| used when you are saying that a bad or disappointing thing happens after several other bad or disappointing things have already happened |
| 更有甚者；更糟糕的是 |
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