capitalize

英 ['kæpɪtəlaɪz] 美 ['kæpɪtəlaɪz]

• vt. 以大写字母写；使 ... 资本化；估价
• vi. 利用

英英释义

Verb:

1. draw advantages from;

   "he is capitalizing on her mistake"
   "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
   

2. supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

3. write in capital letters

4. compute the present value of a business or an income

5. consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

6. convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Don't forget to capitalize the first letter in the sentence.
   不要忘记把句子中首词的第一个字母大写。
2. Please capitalize the report.
   请用大写字母写这份报告。
3. He has decided to capitalize all his property .
   他决定把全部财产变为资本。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Everyone should capitalize on his opportunity.
   每个人都应当利用机会。
2. How do you capitalize on that this weekend?
   你会如何利用这个周末呢?

经典引文

• The publishers..do not intend to capitalize the publicity.

  出自：Publishers Weekly

• The Cambodian left is now in a position to mobilize the peasantry, capitalizing on Sihanouk's personal prestige.

  出自： N. Chomsky

词汇搭配

• capitalize upon 利用
• capitalize upon something 利用
• capitalize on something 利用
• capitalize on 利用

近反义词

【近义词】

• benefit from 得益于
• profit from 从 ... 得益
• exploit 剥削
• take advantage of 利用
• make the most of 充分利用
• get the most out of 最有效的使用...
• capitalise 将 ... 大写