earning capacity 收入能力 １工人在其能够进入的市场上出卖其劳动力或提供劳务的能力，需要考虑其由于事故而受到的肢体功能的损伤、任何以前所遭受的伤残、职业状况、受损伤时的年龄、损伤性质、受损伤前后的工资水平等。收入能力并不必定指受损伤者在受损伤时的实际收益，亦可指根据其所受的培训、经验、商业意识等而具有的收入能力；２在夫妻互负扶养义务案件中，决定一方应给付他方的金额时，所谓的「收入能力」则不必根据理论而应迳行依据当时的实际情况，也包括对其年龄、健康、精神状态、教育程度等的考虑在内。
earning capacity. A person’s ability or power to earn money, given the person’s talent, skills, training, and experience. • Earning capacity is one element considered when measuring the damages recoverable in a personal-injury lawsuit. And in family law, earning capacity is considered when awarding child support and spousal maintenance (or alimony) and in dividing property