Factors of production · 生产要素
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| factors of production/ˈfæktəz ɒv prəˈdʌkʃn/ | 生产要素 | shēng chǎn yào sù |
| land/lænd/ | 土地 | tǔ dì |
| labour/ˈleɪbə/ | 劳动 | láo dòng |
| capital/ˈkæpɪtl/ | 资本 | zī běn |
| enterprise/ˈentəpraɪz/ | 企业家才能 | qǐ yè jiā cái néng |
| risk/rɪsk/ | 风险 | fēng xiǎn |
| human capital/ˈhjuːmən ˈkæpɪtl/ | 人力资本 | rén lì zī běn |
The four ingredients of everything
- A pizza needs a field of wheat, a baker, an oven, and someone who decided to open the shop.
- Economists sort every resource into just four factors of production 生产要素, each earning its own reward.
一切的四种成分
- 一个披萨需要一片麦田、一个面包师、一个烤箱,以及决定开店的某人。
- 经济学家把每个资源分成仅仅四种生产要素,每种赚取它自己的报酬。
Factors of production lab · 生产要素实验室
Sort real resources by the factor of production they represent. · 按它们代表的生产要素对实物资源进行排序。
The four factors
Land — natural resources such as farmland — is one of the four factors of production
四种要素

土地——例如农田这样的自然资源——是四种生产要素之一
Match each factor of production to its reward. · 将每种生产要素与其报酬匹配。
Land-rent, labour-wages, capital-interest, enterprise-profit. · 土地-地租,劳动-工资,资本-利息,企业-利润。
A tractor used on a farm is an example of: · 农场里使用的拖拉机是以下哪项的示例:
A tractor is a man-made aid to production — capital. · 拖拉机是一种人造的生产辅助工具——属于资本。
The entrepreneur
- Enterprise combines land, labour and capital, takes the risk, and earns the profit (or bears the loss).
- Without it, the other three factors sit unused.
企业家
- 企业家才能(enterprise)结合土地、劳动和资本,承担风险,并赚取利润(或承担损失)。
- 没有它,其他三种要素就闲置不用。
The entrepreneur takes the risk and combines the other factors of production. · 企业家承担风险并组合其他生产要素。
Enterprise organises land, labour and capital and bears the risk for profit. · 企业组织土地、劳动和资本,并承担风险以获取利润。
Improving the factors
- More or better factors raise what an economy can produce.
- Education improves labour (human capital 人力资本); investment adds capital; new resources add land.
"Capital" means tools, not money. In economics, capital is machines, factories and equipment — not cash. Money just buys the capital.
The four factors of production and the reward each one earns: land–rent, labour–wages, capital–interest, enterprise–profit
改进要素
- 更多或更好的要素提高一个经济体能生产的东西。
- 教育改进劳动(人力资本);投资增加资本;新资源增加土地。
"资本"意味着工具,不是钱。 在经济学中,资本是机器、工厂和设备——不是现金。钱只是购买资本。

四种生产要素和每种赚取的报酬:土地–租金、劳动–工资、资本–利息、企业家才能–利润
In economics, capital means: · 在经济学中,资本意味着:
Capital is man-made aids to production, not money. · 资本是人造的生产辅助工具,而非货币。
Education and training that make workers more productive improve human . · 使工人生产力提高的教育和培训改善了人力。
Human capital is the skills embodied in labour. · 人力资本是内化于劳动力中的技能。
You've got it
- four factors: land (rent), labour (wages), capital (interest), enterprise (profit)
- the entrepreneur combines the others and takes the risk for profit
- capital = man-made aids (tools/machines), not money
你掌握了
- 四种要素:土地(租金)、劳动(工资)、资本(利息)、企业家才能(利润)
- 企业家结合其他的并为了利润承担风险
- 资本 = 人造辅助(工具/机器),不是钱