chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary

名詞 capital:

1. assets available for use in the production of further assets
   同義詞：working capital
2. wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
3. a seat of government
4. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
   同義詞：capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule
5. a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
6. the federal government of the United States
   同義詞：Washington
7. a book written by Karl Marx describing his economic theories
   同義詞：Das Kapital
8. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
   同義詞：chapiter, cap

形容詞 capital:

1. first-rate
2. of primary important
3. uppercase
   同義詞：great, majuscule

1. London is spelt with a capital L'.
   London一字中L是大寫的。
2. The criminal was sentenced to capital punishment.
   罪犯被判處死刑。
3. Write your initials in capitals.
   把你名字的第一個字母寫成大寫。
4. Beijing is the capital of China.
   北京是中國的首都。

capital

n.（名詞）

Abbr. cap.A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.
縮寫 cap.首都；首府：一個政治實體（如一個州或一個國家）中作為其政府的正式所在地的一座城鎮(zhèn)或城市
A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry:
工商業(yè)中心，主要城市：為某種活動或工業(yè)的中心的一座城市：
例句：
the financial capital of the world.
世界金融中心

Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.
資本：以貨幣或財產(chǎn)形式存在的財富，被一個人、一群合伙人或一個公司在其商業(yè)活動中使用或聚集
Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.
資產(chǎn)：用來或可用來制造更多財富的物質(zhì)財富的資產(chǎn)
Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy:
人力資源：按其在一經(jīng)濟中的貢獻來衡量的人力的資源：
例句：
.[The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital. (George F. Will)
. 他的引起人力資源的流失的計劃很快暴露. (喬治F.威爾)

Accounting The remaining assets of a business after all liabilities have been deducted; net worth.
【會計學(xué)】 資產(chǎn)凈值：一個企業(yè)在扣除了所有的債務(wù)后所余資產(chǎn)；凈值
Capital stock.
股本，股本總額
Capitalists considered as a group or class.
資產(chǎn)階級：一組或一階層的資本家的總稱
An asset or advantage:
資源或優(yōu)勢：
例句：
.profited from political capital accumulated by others.(Michael Mandelbaum)
.從由別人累聚的政治資本中獲利.(邁克爾·曼德爾鮑姆)

Abbr. cap.A capital letter.
縮寫 cap.大寫的字母
adj.（形容詞）
First and foremost; principal:
第一位的和首要的；最主要的：
例句：
a decision of capital importance.
一個頭等重要的決定

First-rate; excellent:
一流的；優(yōu)秀的：
例句：
a capital idea.
絕妙的想法

Relating to or being a seat of government.
政府的：關(guān)于或是一個政府所在地的
Extremely serious:
極其嚴重的：
例句：
a capital blunder.
重大的錯誤

Involving death or calling for the death penalty:
涉及死亡的或應(yīng)判死刑的：
例句：
a capital offense.
死罪

Of or relating to financial assets, especially being or related to those financial assets that add to the net worth of a business:
資產(chǎn)的，資本的：屬于或關(guān)于金融資產(chǎn)的，尤其是屬于或關(guān)于那些增加了一個企業(yè)凈值的資產(chǎn)的：
例句：
made capital improvements at the plant site.
在廠家改善資產(chǎn)狀況

Abbr. cap.Relating to or being a capital letter.
縮寫 cap.大寫字母的：關(guān)于或是一個大寫字母的

來源：
From Middle English [principal]
源自 中古英語 [主要的]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin capit3lis
源自 拉丁語 capit3lis
from caput [head, money laid out] * see kaput-
源自 caput [頭，投的資] *參見 kaput-

The term for a town or city that serves as a seat of government is spelledcapital. The term for the building in which a legislative assembly meets is spelledcapitol.
表示作為政府所在地的一座城鎮(zhèn)或城市的術(shù)語拼寫是capital。 表示一個立法大會開會的建筑的詞語拼寫為capitol

capital
capital 2

n.Architecture （名詞）【建筑學(xué)】
The top part of a pillar or column.
柱頭：一根柱子或圓柱的頂端部分

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語
from Late Latin capitellum
源自 后期拉丁語 capitellum
diminutive of Latin caput [head] * see kaput-
拉丁語 caput的小后綴 [頭部] *參見 kaput-