| 释义 |
cap·i·tal·ist
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷_lə̇st, Brit also kəˈpitəl-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, Dutch, or German; French capitaliste from Dutch or German; Dutch kapitalist, from German, from kapital capital + -ist
: a person who has capital especially invested or to be invested in business
< spare money is called capital; its owner is called a capitalist — G.B.Shaw >
broadly : a person of wealth : plutocrat
II. adjective
1. : owning capital
< the capitalist class >
2.
a. : practicing capitalism : adhering to or defending capitalism
< capitalist nations >
b. : marked by capitalism
< the modern capitalist period of history from 1815 to 1914 — Norman Thomas > |