| 单词 | capitalist |
| 释义 | capitalist (once / 731 pages) 1adjn 2n Someone who hopes to profit by investing money or financing business ventures is a capitalist. A nation's economy is described as capitalist if it's based on private ownership and profit. The word capitalist appeared in 1791, taken from the French word capitaliste. A capitalist is someone who believes in the economic philosophy of Capitalism, a system of privately-owned, for-profit businesses. A capitalist might believe in free enterprise and the individual’s ability to gain wealth through intelligence and hard work. Capitalist can also be used to describe a self-interested, every-man-for-himself approach to the world. WORD FAMILYcapitalist: capitalists+/capital: capitalise, capitalism, capitalize, capitally, capitals/capitalisation: capitalisations, overcapitalisation/capitalise: capitalisation, capitalised, capitalising, overcapitalise/capitalism: capitalist, capitalistic/capitalistic: capitalistically/capitalization: capitalizations/capitalize: capitalization, capitalized, capitalizes, capitalizing, overcapitalize/overcapitalise: overcapitalising/overcapitalize: overcapitalization, overcapitalized USAGE EXAMPLES“Venture capitalists say, ‘Hey, it’s great, but I only do biotech.’ New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The valuations created a chasm between what venture capitalists bet a company would be worth and what IPO investors are willing to pay. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) BERKELEY, Calif. — A decade ago, a group of biologists, venture capitalists and computer whizzes gathered under the name “clean tech.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1adj of or relating to capitalism or capitalists a capitalist nation Syn capitalistic 2adj favoring or practicing capitalism Syn|Ant capitalistic bourgeois (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprisesubscribing to capitalistic competition individualistic, laissez-fairewith minimally restricted freedom in commerce socialist, socialistic advocating or following the socialist principles collectiveset up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government collectivised, collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, state-controlledsubscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively leftof or belonging to the political or intellectual left 3n a conservative advocate of capitalism 2Hyper conservative, conservativist a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas n a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) Exp|Hypo|Hyper John Jacob Astor United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848) Bernard Mannes Barucheconomic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965) James Buchanan BradyUnited States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917) Andrew CarnegieUnited States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919) Jay CookeUnited States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) Peter CooperUnited States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883) Ezra CornellUnited States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) Cosimo de MediciItalian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464) Glenn Hammond CurtissUnited States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930) Gottlieb DaimlerGerman engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900) John DeereUnited States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886) George EastmanUnited States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932) Henry FordUnited States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) Edsel Bryant Fordson of Henry Ford (1893-1943) Henry Ford IIgrandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) Henry Clay FrickUnited States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919) William Henry GatesUnited States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) King Camp GiletteUnited States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932) Stephen GirardUnited States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831) Jay GouldUnited States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892) Sir Thomas GreshamEnglish financier (1519-1579) Meyer GuggenheimUnited States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905) Edward Henry HarrimanUnited States railway tycoon (1848-1909) William Averell HarrimanUnited States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986) Charles Henry HarrodEnglish merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885) Charles Digby HarrodEnglish merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905) Henry John HeinzUnited States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919) James Jerome HillUnited States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) William Henry HooverUnited States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) Johns HopkinsUnited States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Howard Robard HughesUnited States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976) Collis Potter HuntingtonUnited States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900) Friedrich KruppGerman industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826) Edwin Herbert LandUnited States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) First Baron Marks of BroughtonEnglish businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) Andrew William MellonUnited States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937) John Pierpont MorganUnited States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913) Robert Morrisleader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) First Viscount NuffieldBritish industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963) Wilhelm von OpelGerman industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948) Elisha Graves OtisUnited States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861) Robert OwenWelsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858) Sir Frederick Handley PageEnglish industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962) Cecil John RhodesBritish colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) John Davison RockefellerUnited States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937) Rothschildany of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe Haym SalomonAmerican financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785) David SarnoffUnited States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971) Igor Ivanovich SikorskyUnited States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) Sir Clive Marles SinclairEnglish electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940) Ernest SolvayBelgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922) Leland StanfordUnited States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893) George StephensonEnglish railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848) Commodore VanderbiltUnited States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877) Henry VillardUnited States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900) John WanamakerUnited States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922) Aaron Montgomery WardUnited States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) Frank Winfield WoolworthUnited States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919) Rudolf WurlitzerUnited States businessman (born in German) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914) William Maxwell AitkenBritish newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964) Alfred Charles William HarmsworthBritish newspaper publisher (1865-1922) Benjamin Harrispublisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713) William Randolph HearstUnited States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951) Joseph PulitzerUnited States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911) James Edmund ScrippsUnited States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908) Edward Wyllis ScrippsUnited States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926) Gustavus Franklin SwiftUnited States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903) bourgeois, businessperson a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise financier, moneymana person skilled in large scale financial transactions bearer, holderthe person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it investorsomeone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns materialistsomeone with great regard for material possessions moneymakersomeone who is successful in accumulating wealth profiteersomeone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) contrarianan investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors accountant, comptroller, controllersomeone who maintains and audits business accounts account executive, account representative, customer's broker, customer's man, registered representativesomeone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business agent, broker, factora businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission bankera financier who owns or is an executive in a bank bearan investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price bondholdera holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation bullan investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later businessman, man of affairsa person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) businesswomana female businessperson calleran investor who buys a call option city mana financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London depositora person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution enterpriser, entrepreneursomeone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it exportera businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) importersomeone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) lender, loanersomeone who lends money or gives credit in business matters merchandiser, merchanta businessperson engaged in retail trade moneygrubbersomeone whose main interest in life is moneymaking dealer, principalthe major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account rentiersomeone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments shippersomeone who ships goods shareholder, shareowner, stockholdersomeone who holds shares of stock in a corporation provider, suppliersomeone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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