capital是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 首都, 大写字母, 资本 a. 可处死刑的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Capital article this on free trade.
-- When taken in conjunc-tion with your uncle's death I am not sure that of all the five hundred cases of capital importance which I have han-dled there is one which cuts so deep.
-- It never recovered from the blow, and much of my capital was irre-trievably swallowed up.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There is no capital pun-ishment here for one thing.'
-- IV LL three of the Miss Epanchins were fine, healthy Agirls, wellgrown, with good shoulders and busts, and strong almost masculine hands; and, of course, with all the above attributes, they enjoyed capital appetites, of which they were not in the least ashamed.
-- Mrs. Epanchin had a fair appetite herself, and generally took her share of the capital mid-day lunch which was al-ways served for the girls, and which was nearly as good as a dinner.
-- 'But is there capital punishment where you were?'
-- Totski himself, who had the reputation of being a capital talker, and was usually the life and soul of these entertain-ments, was as silent as any on this occasion, and sat in a state of, for him, most uncommon perturbation.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- he said, in a voice as re-markable for the softness and sweetness of its tones, as was his person for its rare proportions; 'I may speak of these things, and be no braggart; for I have been down at both havens; that which is situate at the mouth of Thames, and is named after the capital of Old England, and that which is called 'Haven', with the addition of the word 'New'; and have seen the scows and brigantines collecting their droves, like the gathering to the ark, being outward bound to the Island of Jamaica, for the purpose of barter and traffic in four-footed animals; but never before have I beheld a beast which verified the true scripture war-horse like this: 'He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on to meet the armed men.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But Heaven had reserved them for a strange destiny, and after having, on the 20th of March, escaped from Richmond, besieged by the troops of General Ulysses Grant, they found themselves seven thousand miles from the capital of Virginia, which was the principal stronghold of the South, during the terrible War of Secession.
-- The flat stones made a capital fireplace.
-- Herbert and Pencroft the one young and the other very boyish were enchanted, and while walking, the sailor said, "Hey, Herbert!how capital it sounds!It will be impossible to lose ourselves, my boy, since, whether we follow the way to Lake Grant, or whether we join the Mercy through the woods of the Far West, we shall be certain to arrive at Prospect Heights, and, consequently, at Union Bay!"
-- The taking of the capital of the Confederates must have been the last action of this terrible struggle.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- What a capital kiss!'
-- This posture it must be confessed did not much improve their appearance, as their own personal tails and their coat tails both capital things in their way did not agree together.
-- Here will be a clearing of old scores, here will be a time to remind 'em what a capital friend I was, and how I helped them to the heiress.
-- But, when they were once past the pay-place and tearing away for very life with their checks in their hands, and, above all, when they were fairly in the theatre, and seated in such places that they couldn't have had better if they had picked them out, and taken them beforehand, all this was looked upon as quite a capital joke, and an essential part of the entertainment.
-- This is, beyond question, a bold and presumptuous doubt, inasmuch as many distinguished characters, called men of the world, long-headed customers, knowing dogs, shrewd fellows, capital hands at business, and the like, have made, and do daily make, this axiom their polar star and compass.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I mean to say that there are only two sensible modes of punishment--those that have been used in olden times: corporal punishment and capital punishment.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- While I was still in this delightful dream, we came suddenly in front of a large inn and met Squire Trelawney, all dressed out like a sea-officer, in stout blue cloth, coming out of the door with a smile on his face and a capital imitation of a sailor's walk.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A capital fellow!He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.
-- I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.
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