Capitol
发音
英 ['kæpɪtl]
美 ['kæpɪtl]
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- n.
- 美国国会大厦
- 古罗马Jupiter神殿
- (c-)<美>州议会大厦
单词词源
capitol （美国）国会大厦
来自拉丁词Capitolium, 古罗马主神Jupiter神庙。美国国会大厦以此为名，象征着古罗马的共和精神。最终来自词根cap, 头。
双语例句
- 1. Nikki araguz was at the capitol last week to lobby against the legislation .
- 尼奇阿尔古上周在美国国会大厦举行抗议该法律的演说。
- 2. In olympia , washington , the capitol 's all-inclusive free-speech zone became hopelessly overcrowded .
- 过去在华盛顿，奥林匹亚，州议会大厦的自由宣讲区变得拥挤的不可救药。
- 3. Our first headquarters was in an old paint store on seventh street near the capitol .
- 我们的第一个竞选总部设在州议会大厦附近第七大街上的一座旧油漆店内。
- 4. After leaders concluded they were short of the votes they needed to pass the bill , house republicans were summoned to a closed-door party meeting in the basement of the capitol with only five minutes of warning .
- 在共和党领导人判断他们无法获得提案通过所需的票数后，众议院的共和党人收到紧急通知，要求在五分钟内去美国国会大厦地下室召开党内闭门会议。
- 5. The politics of emancipation in the countryside and the towns of the south makes more comprehensible the politics of emancipation inside the capitol and the presidential mansion .
- 黑奴解放的政治在美国南方的乡村和城镇要比在美国国会大厦和总统府要更容易理解。