human capital

noun
🔊/ˌhjuːmən ˈkæpɪtl/
🔊/ˌhjuːmən ˈkæpɪtl/
[uncountable]
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  1. the skills, knowledge and experience of a person or group of people, seen as something valuable that an organization or country can make use of
    • The education system is central to the development of skills and human capital.教育系统对于技能和人力资本的发展至关重要。
    • to build/develop/invest in human capital.建立/发展/投资人力资本。
    • The greatest resource any country has is the creativity of its citizens: what economists call human capital.任何国家拥有的最大资源就是其公民的创造力:经济学家称之为人力资本。
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