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| /ˈkæpɪtl/ |
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| 1 | capital C the city where a country or region has its government 首都 |
| Madrid is the capital of Spain. 马德里是西班牙的首都。 |
| stateregionalprovincial capital Tallahassee is the state capital of Florida. 塔拉哈西是佛罗里达州的首府。 |
| | 1a | the most important place for an activity or industry (某项活动的)中心；工业中心 | | Milan, Italy’ s fashion capital 意大利的时装业中心米兰 | | +of Officials will fly to Houston, capital of the American oil industry. 官员们将飞到美国的石油工业中心休斯敦。 | |
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| 2 | capital C the large form of a letter , for example ‘A’ or ‘B’ , that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name 大写字母（如A或B） |
| in capitals He wrote the title in capitals. 他用大写字母写下题目。 |
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| 3 | U money or property that you use to start a business or invest to earn more money 资本；资金 |
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| 4 | C technical the decorated top part of a column (= tall stone post that supports a building) 柱头；柱顶 |
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| - | make capital out of sth
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| to get an advantage from a situation , especially a bad situation |
| 从某事中获利，利用某事(尤指糟糕的局面) |
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| She accused him of trying to make political capital out of an important issue. 她指控他试图利用这个重要议题捞取政治资本。 |
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