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资本主义

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • capitalism

Definition

以生产资料私有制为基础、通过市场机制配置资源的经济制度。

An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and the market mechanism to allocate resources.

Usage

常用来描述以私有制和利润驱动为核心的社会经济形态，也用于对比其他经济制度如社会主义、共产主义。

Often used to describe a socioeconomic form centered on private ownership and profit motive, also used to contrast with other economic systems such as socialism and communism.

Examples

  • 1 资本主义社会强调自由竞争和个人利益。 (Capitalist society emphasizes free competition and individual interests.)
  • 2 许多发达国家实行的是资本主义经济体制。 (Many developed countries have a capitalist economic system.)
  • 3 在资本主义下，市场供需决定价格。 (Under capitalism, market supply and demand determine prices.)
  • 4 资本主义的弊端包括贫富差距扩大。 (The drawbacks of capitalism include widening income inequality.)
  • 5 改革开放后，中国引入了部分资本主义市场机制。 (After the reform and opening up, China introduced some capitalist market mechanisms.)

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