生产手段的私人所有制是市场经济的基础性制度.

Private ownership of the means of production is the fundamental institution of the market economy.

机床是先进制造技术的载体和装备工业的基本生产手段，是工程机械的工作母机。

Machine tool is the carrier of advanced manufacturing technology, the basic tool for equipment manufacturing industry.

大宗谷物的产量从20世纪50年代开始指数级的增长是由于更好的粮食生产手段和新的小麦品种大大弥补了火热的七月造成的影响。

Yields of this staple grain have increased exponentially since the 1950s because better farming practices and new wheat breeds have more than made up for those hot Julys.