capitalism

noun
🔊/ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm/
🔊/ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]
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  1. an economic system in which a country’s businesses and industry are controlled and run for profit by private owners rather than by the government资本主义
    • the growth of industrial capitalism in the West西方工业资本主义的增长
    compare socialism
    Extra Examples
    • He predicted the fall of world capitalism.他预言了世界资本主义的衰落。
    • He was one of the leading advocates of laissez-faire capitalism.他是不干预资本主义的主要倡导者之一。
    • She deplored unbridled capitalism as much as communism.她既强烈反对共产主义,也强烈反对放任自由的资本主义。
    • a protest against global capitalism对全球资本主义的抗议
    • a study of the development of agriculture under capitalism资本主义制度下农业发展的研究
    Topics Moneyc1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • advanced
    • contemporary
    • late
    verb + capitalism
    • destroy
    • overthrow
    • replace
    preposition
    • under capitalism
    phrases
    • the advance of capitalism
    • the rise of capitalism
    • the fall of capitalism
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