Capital

(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

• 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.

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