Capital
['kæpɪt(ə)l] or ['kæpɪtl]
解释:
(noun.) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
(noun.) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; 'printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters'.
(noun.) the federal government of the United States.
(noun.) a seat of government.
(noun.) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; 'the crime capital of Italy'; 'the drug capital of Columbia'.
(noun.) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value.
(noun.) assets available for use in the production of further assets.
(adj.) uppercase; 'capital A'; 'great A'; 'many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script' .
(adj.) of primary importance; 'our capital concern was to avoid defeat' .
(adj.) first-rate; 'a capital fellow'; 'a capital idea' .
乔斯林编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Of or pertaining to the head.
(n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
(n.) First in importance; chief; principal.
(n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
(n.) Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
(n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
(n.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
(n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
(a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
(a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
(a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
(a.) A chapter, or section, of a book.
(a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a.
安德烈整理
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Chief, principal, leading, first in importance.[2]. Excellent, good, prime, perfect, first-rate.
n. [1]. Metropolis, chief city or town.[2]. Large letter, capital letter.[3]. Stock, sum invested.[4]. (Arch.) Head of a column, pillar or pilaster.
海耶斯校对
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Chief, excellent, important, cardinal, principal, consummate, high
ANT:Inferior, unimportant, subordinate, minor, defective, mean
编辑:尼特
解释:
adj. relating to the head: involving the loss of the head; chief: principal: excellent.—n. the head or top part of a column or pillar: the chief or most important thing: the chief city of a country: a large letter such as used on title-pages &c.: the stock or money for carrying on any business.—n. Capitalisā′tion the act of converting into capital: printing with capital letters.—v.t. Cap′italīse to convert into capital or money.—ns. Cap′italism condition of possessing capital: the economic system which generates capitalists; Cap′italist one who has capital or money.—adv. Cap′itally chiefly: principally: excellently: by capital punishment.—adj. Cap′itate (bot.) growing in or shaped like a head.—ns. Capitā′tion a numbering of every head or individual: a tax on every head; Capite (kap′it-i) an ancient English tenure (Shak.).—Circulating or Floating capital consists of the wages paid to the workmen and of the raw material used up in the processes of industry &c.; Fixed capital consists of buildings machines tools &c.—Hold lands in capite to hold them directly from the sovereign.—Make capital out of to turn to advantage.
校对:尼古拉斯
娱乐性解释：
n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire the pot the dinner the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat. Capital Punishment a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons—including all the assassins—entertain grave misgivings.
编辑:利拉
例句:
- Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I've heard him say he's a capital one,' replied Mr. Pickwick, 'but I never saw him aim at anything. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Thus rumour thrives in the capital, and will not go down into Lincolnshire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The capital of a merchant, for example, is altogether a circulating capital. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The next morning Early started on his march to the capital of the Nation, arriving before it on the 11th. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The Mexican war was a political war, and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Ravenna, near the head of the Adriatic, was the capital of the last Roman emperors in the time of Alaric and Stilicho. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The capital of the country, though it might nominally be the same, would really be augmented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Child thought it capital fun, went back next day, and swallowed another bead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- If the profit is less, mercantile employments will draw capital from the improvement of land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The circulating capital of a society is in this respect different from that of an individual. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Its operation in both these respects is a good deal superior to that of the capital of the retailer. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The Paris of the Conference, says Dr. Dillon, ceased to be the capital of France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Experimenting on the machine swallowed a great deal of capital, and the stockholders of the company he had formed became impatient. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He also visited Rome, where he was received with the greatest good-will by Pope Paul V and his cardinals, and where he met the leading scientists of the capital. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The greater part, both of the exportation and coasting trade of America, is carried on by the capitals of merchants who reside in Great Britain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- They met the French President, the Kaiser, the King of England, and the King of Spain, and they were dined and publicly honored in all the great capitals. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Foreign capitals are every day intruding themselves, if I may say so, more and more into the trade of Cadiz and Lisbon. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Its possible extent, therefore, is in a manner infinite in comparison of that of the other two, and is capable of absorbing the greatest capitals. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Such capitals, therefore, may very properly be called circulating capitals. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Sirmium (on the River Save), Milan, Lyons, and Nicomedia (in Bithynia) were among such supplementary capitals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- When the capitals are equal, and equally well applied, it is in proportion to their natural fertility. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- As no ladders could reach the great heights, the men swung themselves down from balustrades and the capitals of pilasters by ropes, to do this work. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the opulent countries of Europe, great capitals are at present employed in trade and manufactures. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The six columns are their bases, Corinthian capitals and entablature--and six more shapely columns do not exist. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In a rude state of society, there are no great mercantile or manufacturing capitals. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But, by lessening the competition of capitals in that branch of trade, it necessarily raised the rate of profit in that branch. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The fact is, he owed more money at London than at Paris; and he preferred the quiet little Belgian city to either of the more noisy capitals. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- As capitals increase in any country, the profits which can be made by employing them necessarily diminish. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
录入:威廉敏娜