capital-intensive

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ˌcapital-inˈtensive adjectiveadj

BBa capital-intensive business, industry etc needs a lot of money in order to operate properly 〔企业、工业等〕资本密集的 → labour-intensive

Examples from the Corpus

capital-intensive• Newspaper publishing is capital-intensive, and the product is vulnerable to even short-lived strikes.• It is impossible quickly to reposition a capital-intensive business flexibility is seldom one of its features.• Because import substitution rested on capital-intensive enterprises which required little labour and, therefore, did little to stimulate demand; 3.• The obvious solution - to move into more capital-intensive highly skilled work - is being energetically pursued.• With few exceptions these capital-intensive industries are also highly energy-intensive.• Labor-intensive prod-ucts were made in poor countries; capital-intensive products were made in rich countries.• On such capital-intensive projects, any over-runs can rapidly push up the overall costings.• One characteristic of modern industry is that it is capital-intensive rather than labour-intensive and hence does not provide much employment.

From Longman Business Dictionary

capital-intensiveˌcapital-inˈtensive adjectiveadj

FINANCE capital-intensive businesses or industries need large amounts of money to pay for the assets they need → labour-intensive

Glass making is capital-intensive, requiring huge investments and big production volumes to operate economically.

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