the advantage over a political opponent that you can get from a particular situation He accused his opponents of trying to make political capital out of the tragedy. 他指责他的反对者试图从悲剧中夺取政治资本。 The president has refused to spend political capital (= to risk losing an advantage or popular support) to solve this problem. 总统拒绝花费政治资本来解决这个问题。