新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

capitalIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈkæpɪtəl]

[ADJ, NOUN]

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ADJ. 形容词

1. 可处死刑的
A capital offence is one that is so serious that the person who commits it can be punished by death.
双语例句
例：
Espionage is a capital offence in this country.
间谍活动在这个国家是死罪。

NOUN. 名词

capitals
1. [U 不可数名词] 资本 , 资金
Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
双语例句
例：
Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.
各公司在融资方面遇到麻烦。
2. [U 不可数名词] 资产
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.
双语例句
例：
capital equipment that could have served to increase production.
可用于提高产量的资产设备。
例：
capital investment.
资本投资。
3. [U 不可数名词] 本金 , 本钱
Capital is the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest.
双语例句
例：
With a conventional mortgage, the payments consist of both capital and interest.
常规的按揭还款额包括本金和利息两部分。
4. [C 可数名词] 首都
The capital of a country is the city or town where its government meets.
双语例句
例：
Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
尼泊尔的首都加德满都。
5. [C 可数名词] （某一产业或活动的）有名之地 , …之都
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.
双语例句
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. [C 可数名词] 大写字母
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.
双语例句
例：
The name and address are written in capitals.
姓名和地址都大写。

PHRASE. 习语

make capital out of something , make capital of something
1. 利用
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.
双语例句
例：
He rebuked the president for trying to make political capital out of the hostage situation.
他指责总统试图利用人质事件捞取政治利益。