capital

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

这些形容词均含有“首要的，主要的”之意。
chief: 指人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。
principal: 用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
main: 通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
major: 指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。
leading: 侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
capital: 着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
foremost: 侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
primary: 通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。

名词 capital:

1. assets available for use in the production of further assets
   同义词：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
   同义词：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
   同义词：Washington
7. a book written by Karl Marx describing his economic theories
   同义词：Das Kapital
8. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
   同义词：chapiter, cap

形容词 capital:

1. first-rate
2. of primary important
3. uppercase
   同义词：great, majuscule

1. London is spelt with a capital L'.
   London一字中L是大写的。
2. The criminal was sentenced to capital punishment.
   罪犯被判处死刑。
3. Write your initials in capitals.
   把你名字的第一个字母写成大写。
4. Beijing is the capital of China.
   北京是中国的首都。

capital

n.（名词）

Abbr. cap.A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.
缩写 cap.首都；首府：一个政治实体（如一个州或一个国家）中作为其政府的正式所在地的一座城镇或城市
A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry:
工商业中心，主要城市：为某种活动或工业的中心的一座城市：
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.
资本：以货币或财产形式存在的财富，被一个人、一群合伙人或一个公司在其商业活动中使用或聚集
Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.
资产：用来或可用来制造更多财富的物质财富的资产
Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy:
人力资源：按其在一经济中的贡献来衡量的人力的资源：
例句：
.[The] swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital. (George F. Will)
. 他的引起人力资源的流失的计划很快暴露. (乔治F.威尔)

Accounting The remaining assets of a business after all liabilities have been deducted; net worth.
【会计学】 资产净值：一个企业在扣除了所有的债务后所余资产；净值
Capital stock.
股本，股本总额
Capitalists considered as a group or class.
资产阶级：一组或一阶层的资本家的总称
An asset or advantage:
资源或优势：
例句：
.profited from political capital accumulated by others.(Michael Mandelbaum)
.从由别人累聚的政治资本中获利.(迈克尔·曼德尔鲍姆)

Abbr. cap.A capital letter.
缩写 cap.大写的字母
adj.（形容词）
First and foremost; principal:
第一位的和首要的；最主要的：
例句：
a decision of capital importance.
一个头等重要的决定

First-rate; excellent:
一流的；优秀的：
例句：
a capital idea.
绝妙的想法

Relating to or being a seat of government.
政府的：关于或是一个政府所在地的
Extremely serious:
极其严重的：
例句：
a capital blunder.
重大的错误

Involving death or calling for the death penalty:
涉及死亡的或应判死刑的：
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:
资产的，资本的：属于或关于金融资产的，尤其是属于或关于那些增加了一个企业净值的资产的：
例句：
made capital improvements at the plant site.
在厂家改善资产状况

Abbr. cap.Relating to or being a capital letter.
缩写 cap.大写字母的：关于或是一个大写字母的

来源：
From Middle English [principal]
源自 中古英语 [主要的]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin capit3lis
源自 拉丁语 capit3lis
from caput [head, money laid out] * see kaput-
源自 caput [头，投的资] *参见 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.
表示作为政府所在地的一座城镇或城市的术语拼写是capital。 表示一个立法大会开会的建筑的词语拼写为capitol

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n.Architecture （名词）【建筑学】
The top part of a pillar or column.
柱头：一根柱子或圆柱的顶端部分

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法语
from Late Latin capitellum
源自 后期拉丁语 capitellum
diminutive of Latin caput [head] * see kaput-
拉丁语 caput的小后缀 [头部] *参见 kaput-