- (also capital city)[countable]
the most important town or city of a country or region, where the government operates from 首都；国都 Cairo is the capital of Egypt. 开罗是埃及的首都。 the state capital 州府 Rennes is the provincial capital of Brittany. 雷恩是布列塔尼的省会。 a tour of six European capital cities 欧洲六个首都城市之旅 She liked the fast pace of life in the capital. 她喜欢首都快速的生活节奏。 - (figurative)
Paris, the fashion capital of the world 巴黎，世界时装之都
Extra ExamplesLast week's gathering in the Californian state capital was no ordinary event. 上周在加州首府的集会不是普通的事件。 The department store has branches in all major capitals. 这家百货公司在各大都市都设有分店。 Troops are stationed in and around the capital. 军队驻扎在首都及其周围。 Los Angeles is the movie capital of the world. 洛杉矶是世界电影之都。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- major
- British
- …
- in a/the capital
- capital of
- the… capital of the world
- (also capital letter)[countable]
a letter of the form and size that is used at the beginning of a sentence or a name (= A,B,C rather than a,b,c) 大写字母 Use block capitals (= separate capital letters). 使用大写字母。 - in capitals
Please write in capitals. 请用大写字母书写。
- [uncountable]
wealth or property that is owned by a business or a person and can be invested or used to start a business 财富；财产 share/investment/equity capital 股份/投资/股权资本 He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project. 他有许多为该工程集资的想法。 a guide to investing capital in new markets 资本投资新市场指南 Our capital is all tied up in property. 我们的资金全都投在了房地产上，无法动用。 capital investment (= money invested in a business) 资本投资 capital expenditure/spending (= money that an organization spends on buildings, equipment, etc.) 资本支出。 capital costs/assets 资本成本/资产 the capital value of the property 这项财产的资本值
Extra ExamplesHe sank vast amounts of capital in the venture. 他在这次风险投资中投入了大量的资金。 They secured $175 million in capital funding from investors. 他们从投资者那里获得了1.75亿美元的资本融资。 Inner city areas require a large injection of capital. 市中心区需要注入大量资本。 Investors want an immediate return on their capital. 投资者要求本金有即时回报。 The company has put a lot of capital into the project. 公司为该工程投入了大量的资金。 We don't have enough capital to buy new premises. 我们没有足够的资金来购置新的营业场所。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- risk
- venture
- fixed
- …
- have
- accumulate
- acquire
- …
- assets
- goods
- resources
- …
- capital and labour/labor
- an injection of capital
- a return on your capital
- …
- [singular]
an amount of money that is invested or is used to start a business 资本；资金；启动资金 to set up a business with a starting capital of £100 000 以 10 万英镑为启动资金创办一个企业
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- risk
- venture
- fixed
- …
- have
- accumulate
- acquire
- …
- assets
- goods
- resources
- …
- capital and labour/labor
- an injection of capital
- a return on your capital
- …
- [uncountable] (specialist)
people who use their money to start businesses, considered as a group 资方 capital and labour 资方与劳方
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- risk
- venture
- fixed
- …
- have
- accumulate
- acquire
- …
- assets
- goods
- resources
- …
- capital and labour/labor
- an injection of capital
- a return on your capital
- …
- [uncountable]
(in compounds 构成复合词 a valuable resource of a particular kind 资本： 一种特殊的宝贵资源Education creates intellectual capital to convert into economic and social rewards. 教育创造智力资本，转化为经济和社会回报。 Immigrant children have cultural capital of their own—including their home language—which may be undervalued. 移民儿童有自己的文化资本——包括他们的母语——这可能被低估了。
the top part of a column 柱顶；柱头 
city城市
letter字母
money金钱
resources
architecture建筑
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 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’. noun sense 6 Middle English: from Old French capitel, from late Latin capitellum ‘little head’, diminutive of Latin caput.
Idioms
make capital (out) of something