单词 | per capita |
释义 | per capitaper cap·i·ta /pə ˈkæpɪtə $ pər-/ adjectiveadj , adverb formal PERSON/PEOPLEused to describe the average amount of something in a particular place, calculated according to the number of people who live there 人均(的),平均每人(的) the country’s per capita income 该国的人均收入 the number of crimes that occur per capita 人均犯罪数 Examples from the Corpus per capita• Per capita income rose by 1.2% last year. From Longman Business Dictionary per capitaper cap·i·ta /pə ˈkæpətəpər-/ adverbadvECONOMICS for or by each person Japanese visitors’ spending per capita was much higher than average spending by tourists from other countries. The US uses twice as much oil per capita as European competitors. —per-capita adjectiveadj [only before a noun] Israel’s per-capita income is comparable to that of Spain. (1600-1700) Latin “by heads” |
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