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- （亦作capital city 或town）the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative centre首都; 首府。
1.1
- with modifier a place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product（某种活动或产品的）重要城市：
Milan is the fashion capital of the world.
米兰是世界时装之都。
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- mass noun wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing资本, 资金：
the senior partner would provide the initial capital
主要合伙人将提供创业资本
rates of return on invested capital were high.
投资资金回报率高。
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- the excess of a company's assets over its liabilities公司资产净值。
2.2
- people who possess wealth and use it to control a society's economic activity, considered collectively资本家, 资方：
a conflict of interest between capital and labour.
劳资双方的利益冲突。
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- with modifier figurative a valuable resource of a particular kind〈喻〉资本（有某种价值的资源）：
there is insufficient investment in human capital.
人力资本投资不够。
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- （亦作capital letter）a letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names大写字母：
he wrote the name in capitals.
他用大写字母写名字。
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- attrib.(of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty（犯罪, 控告）可判死刑的：
murder is the only capital crime in the state.
谋杀是这个国家惟一可判死刑的犯罪。
2
- attrib.(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names（字母）大写的。
3
- informal, dated excellent〈非正式, 旧〉极好的：
he's a really capital fellow.
他真是个大好人。
- Brit. informal, dated used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight〈英, 非正式, 旧〉太好了（用来表示同意、满意或高兴）：
That's splendid! Capital!
太好了！太棒了！
短语
make capital out of
- use to one's own advantage利用：
trying to make political capital out of the weakness of his rival.
设法利用他对手弱点以谋求政治利益。
with a capital -
- used to give emphasis to the word or concept in question真正地, 名副其实地（用来强调问题中的某个词或概念）：
she was ugly with a capital U.
她真是名副其实地丑。
派生词
capitally
adverb词源
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'.