capital /ˈkæpɪtəl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money. 资本; 资金 [商业]

  例：

  Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.

  各公司在融资方面遇到麻烦。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT You can use capital to refer to buildings or machinery which are necessary to produce goods or to make companies more efficient, but which do not make money directly. 资产 [商业]

  例：

  ...capital equipment that could have served to increase production.

  …可用于提高产量的资产设备。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT Capital is the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest. 本金; 本钱 [商业]

  例：

  With a conventional mortgage, the payments consist of both capital and interest.

  一般的抵押借款，偿还包括本金和利息两部分。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT The capital of a country is the city or town where its government or legislature meets. 首都

  例：

  ...Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

  …加德满都，尼泊尔的首都。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT If a place is the capital of a particular industry or activity, it is the place that is most famous for it, because it happens in that place more than anywhere else. (某一产业或活动的) 有名之地; …之都

  例：

  Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade.

  科尔马长久以来一直被誉为葡萄酒贸易之都。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT Capitals or capital letters are written or printed letters in the form which is used at the beginning of sentences or names. "T," "B," and "F" are capitals. 大写字母

  例：

  The name and address are written in capitals.

  姓名和地址都大写。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT the upper part of a column or pier that supports the entablature 柱顶 (Also called chapiter, cap)

• 8. 

  ADJ A capital offence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death. 可处死刑的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Espionage is a capital offence in this country.

  间谍活动在这个国家是死罪。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is making capital out of a situation, you disapprove of the way they are gaining an advantage for themselves through other people's efforts or bad luck. 利用 [正式]

  例：

  He rebuked the president for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.

  他指责总统想利用人质事件捞取政治资本。

• 10. 

  → see also working capital