ability

英 [ə'bɪləti] 美 [ə'bɪləti]

• n. 能力；才能

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S]能力

   the fact that sb/sth is able to do sth; capacity or power to do sth physical or mental

2. [C][U]聪明; 智慧; 智力; 技能

   a level of skill or intelligence; a level of skill at doing sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 才能
2. 能力
3. 本领
4. 才智
5. 专门技能
6. 技能
7. 才干
8. 能够
9. 能干
10. 能耐
11. 天资
12. 力量
13. 智慧
14. 本能
15. 美国制造的一种扫雷艇

英英释义

Noun:

1. the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

2. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

   "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is a task well within your ability.
   这完全是你力所能及的工作。
2. She has the ability to keep calm in an emergency.
   她有处变不惊的本事。
3. He is a man of great executive ability.
   他是个具有极高管理才能的人。
4. The boy shows remarkable ability at math.
   这男孩显示出非凡的数学才能。
5. She has great ability at playing the piano.
   她在演奏钢琴方面很有才能。
6. He shows exceptional ability in solving problems.
   他处理问题才干过人。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

～+动词

1. His ability falls short.
   他的能力不足。
2. His ability is limited.
   他的能力有限。
3. Musical ability often shows itself early in life.
   音乐天才往往在幼年时期就显露出来。
4. The ability to be clearly heard is extremely important for newsreaders.
   声音洪亮清晰对新闻广播员来说极为重要。
5. His abilities were useful rather than splendid.
   他的能力有用，但非雄才。
6. Fox's abilities were soon recognized.
   不久，福克斯的才能得到了认可。
7. The acting abilities of both were well-known.
   这两个人的表演才能是众所周知的。
8. Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
   天资如同自然植物,需学习为之剪枝。
9. The doctors say that his thinking abilities and memory have returned.
   医生们说他的思考力与记忆力已经恢复了。

动词+～

1. Almost everyone has some musical ability.
   几乎人人都有一些音乐才能。
2. He has listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities.
   他具有听说读写的技能。
3. He had the all-round ability as a director.
   他有当导演的多方面才能。
4. He has great abilities as a general.
   他具备作为一个将军的卓越才能。
5. Everyone has a chance to develop his natural abilities.
   人人都有发展自己才能的机会。
6. They never had a chance to develop their abilities.
   他们从未有机会发挥其才能。
7. We appreciate his oratorical ability.
   我们赏识他的口才。
8. Everyone admired his abilities.
   大家都钦佩他的才干。
9. His job really fits his abilities.
   他的工作能使他真正发挥自己的才能。
10. His ambition outran his ability.
    他眼高手低。
11. You must place your abilities at the service of the people.
    你应该用你的才能为人民服务。
12. He should use his abilities to help others.
    他应该用他的才能帮助别人。
13. His condition battles the diagnostic abilities of medical men.
    他的病情让医生无法作出诊断。

介词+～

1. This task is altogether beyond my ability.
   这件事我完全无能为力。
2. By sheer ability and force of character he has acquired the present position.
   他获得目前的职位全凭他的才能和坚毅的性格。
3. His speedy promotion is from sheer ability.
   他全凭才干而被迅速提拔。
4. Our courses cater for different levels of ability.
   我们的课程可以满足不同能力水平的需要。
5. I have great respect for his ability and integrity as a journalist.
   他作为新闻记者,道德文采俱佳,我深表敬佩。
6. He is wanting in organizing ability.
   他缺乏组织才能。
7. We believed in the ability of government to ensure social justice.
   我们相信政府有能力维护社会正义。
8. He doesn't have an ounce of ability.
   他一点才能都没有。
9. I taught a wide range of abilities.
   各种不同学习能力的人我都教过。
10. There was a high level of ability among the school leavers.
    这批毕业生具有很强的能力。
11. His failure was not due to lack of ability.
    他的失败不是由于缺乏能力。
12. A woman of her ability will easily find a job.
    有她这样才能的女性找工作不难。
13. Someone of her ability is bound to succeed.
    具有她这样能力的人一定会成功。
14. He is a man of many abilities.
    他多才多艺。
15. He is a man of great ability.
    他是个非常有才能的人。
16. He is a man of great physical ability.
    他是个体格强壮的人。
17. Gladstone was a politician of great ability.
    格拉德斯通是位极具才干的政治家。
18. The school does nothing for children of high ability.
    这所学校对学习能力强的学生没有做什么。
19. He is a man of remarkable musical ability.
    他是一位有非凡音乐天赋的人。
20. He was a man of extraordinary abilities.
    他才干卓著。
21. I do not know of any man of exceptional ability.
    我不知道有什么杰出的人才。
22. Mr. Sapir is a surgeon of undoubted ability.
    沙比尔先生无疑是一位很有本领的外科医生。
23. They found her work more suited to her abilities.
    他们给她找到了更适合她能力的工作。
24. He speaks English with some ability.
    他英语讲得还算不错。
25. A man with your ability should be able to do this job well.
    以你的能力应可以把这件事做好。

～+介词短语

1. She exhibited exceptional ability at high-energy physics.
   她在高能物理学方面表现出非凡的才能。
2. Their ability at pingpong is world-renowned.
   他们打乒乓球的本领是举世闻名的。
3. The new manager shows considerable ability for organization.
   新经理表现出非凡的组织能力。
4. He doubted my ability for work.
   他怀疑我的工作能力。
5. She has no ability in〔for〕 that kind of work.
   她没有做那种工作的能力。
6. He showed rare ability in this direction.
   他在这方面表现出罕见的能力。
7. He displayed more than average ability in business.
   他的经商才能比一般人略高一筹。

～+动词不定式

1. He has the ability to do the work.
   他有能力做这项工作。
2. He has the ability to express himself on paper.
   他有书面表达能力。
3. She has the ability to speak four languages.
   她会说四种语言。
4. She has the ability to speak English fluently.
   她能够流利地说英文。
5. He has the ability to predict future events.
   他有预测未来大事的能力。
6. The writer has the ability to interest readers.
   这个作家有引人入胜的技巧。
7. Both players demonstrated their ability to hit the ball hard.
   两名球员都显露出大力击球的能力。
8. I seem to have lost my ability to attract clients.
   我好像失去了招徕顾客的能力。
9. What I need is a camera which has the ability to focus automatically.
   我需要的是一架可以自动对焦的照相机。
10. The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time.
    该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
11. The ability to use a language can be acquired by the act of using the language.
    运用语言的能力只能通过不断练习才能获得。
12. I doubt his ability to do the job.
    我认为他没有做这工作的能力。
13. I do not doubt your ability to analyse and solve problems.
    我不怀疑你分析问题和解决问题的能力。
14. She has demonstrated a remarkable ability to get things done.
    在办事方面,她显示了非凡的能力。
15. She lost the ability to walk after her car accident.
    车祸后,她丧失了行走能力。
16. Tiredness can seriously impair your ability to drive.
    疲劳会大大影响你的驾驶能力。
17. You have the ability to sue them for the damages done.
    你可以控告他们对此造成的损失。
18. This enterprise has the ability to independently bear civil liability.
    这家企业能够独立承担民事责任。
19. The government has the ability to curb the overall price level.
    政府有能力控制整个价格水平。

～+in+动名词

1. He showed his ability in drawing.
   他在绘画上显示出才能。
2. He has outstanding abilities in making money.
   他特别能赚钱。
3. He lacked ability in reasoning.
   他缺乏推理能力。
4. She has great ability in teaching English.
   她很有教英语的才干。

～+名词

1. This is called ability grouping.
   这叫因材施教。
2. It is much more difficult to teach a mixed-ability class.
   教一个学习程度各不相同的班要难得多。

经典引文

• Dryden is distinguished..by his poetic ability.

  出自： T. S. Eliot

• Cowardice..is..a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

  出自： E. Hemingway

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

to the best of one's ability

尽自己最大努力using all one's ability; as well as one can

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• acquire ability 习得能力
• appreciate ability 赏识才干
• assess ability 评估能力
• conceal one's ability 不显露能力
• cultivate one's ability 培养自己的能力
• demonstrate ability 显露能力
• develop one's ability 提高自己的能力
• depreciate sb's ability 贬抑某人的能力
• discover sb's ability 发现某人的能力
• display one's ability 表现才能
• distrust sb's ability 不相信某人的能力
• doubt ability 怀疑能力
• enhance ability 增强能力
• estimate ability 评价能力
• evince ability 表明能力
• exhibit ability 展示能力
• have ability 有能力
• have both ability and moral integrity 德才兼备
• hide ability 不显露能力
• improve one's ability 提高能力
• increase one's ability 增强能力
• lack ability 缺乏能力
• lose ability 失去能力
• measure sb's ability 衡量某人的才能
• misuse ability 滥用能力
• overrate sb's ability 高估某人的能力
• overestimate sb's ability 高估某人的能力
• possess ability 具有能力
• prostitute one's ability 滥用能力
• recognize sb's ability 认可能力
• show ability 显现能力
• test ability 检测能力
• use ability 运用能力
• weigh ability 估量能力

形容词+～

• abstract ability 抽象能力
• academic ability 学术能力
• administrative ability 行政管理能力
• all-round ability 多方面的才能
• amazing ability 惊人的能力
• artistic ability 艺术才能
• associative ability 联想能力
• athletic ability 运动能力
• average ability 一般能力，中等的能力
• climbing ability （飞机的）爬升能力
• cognitive ability 认知能力
• communicative ability 交际能力
• comparative ability 相比较而言的能力
• conceptual ability 概念能力
• concrete ability 具体能力
• considerable ability 非凡的才能
• contingent ability 应变能力
• crafty ability 巧妙的能力
• creative ability 创造性才能
• debt-paying ability 偿债能力
• diplomatic ability 外交才干
• distinguished ability 出众的能力
• dodging ability 规避能力
• dyeing ability 着色力
• educative ability 教育能力
• entrepreneurial ability 企业家能力
• exceptional ability 杰出的才能
• extraordinary ability 超凡的才能
• financial ability 财力
• general ability 普通能力
• great ability 高强的本领,雄才
• high ability 能力强
• imaginative ability 想象力
• inherent ability 固有的能力
• innate ability 天赋的才干
• intellectual ability 智力,智能
• inventive ability 发明创造的才能
• latent ability 潜能
• limited ability 有限的能力
• linguistic ability 语言能力
• low ability 能力低
• manifold abilities 多方面的才能
• manipulative-mechanical ability 操作机械的能力
• marginal ability 勉强合格的能力
• mathematical ability 数学能力
• mental ability 心智能力
• mixed ability 各不相同的能力
• musical ability 音乐才能
• natural ability 天生的能力
• oratorical ability 口才
• organizational ability 组织能力
• organizing ability 组织能力
• outstanding ability 卓越的才干
• peculiar ability 特殊的能力
• pecuniary ability 财力
• penetrating ability 突防能力，突破能力
• physical ability 体能
• potential ability 潜力
• practical ability 实践能力
• primary ability 主要能力
• productive ability 生产力
• professional ability 业务能力
• proven ability 已证实的才能
• psychomotor ability 心理动作动力
• quicksilver ability 无孔不入的穿插能力
• rare ability 罕见的才能
• remarkable ability 非凡的才干
• roll-taking ability 角色扮演能力
• special ability 特殊才能
• striking ability 惊人的才能
• substantial ability 卓越的能力
• superior ability 卓越的能力
• technical ability 技术的能力
• uncanny ability 杰出的能力
• unusual ability 非凡的能力

名词+～

• acting ability 表演才能
• aural comprehension ability 听力理解能力
• brush ability 作画性能
• business ability 商业才干
• cancellation ability 划消能力，注销能力
• dye ability 染色力
• language ability 语言能力
• leadership ability 领导能力
• learning ability 学习能力
• listening ability 听力
• literary ability 文字能力
• market ability 适销性
• profit ability 收益能力
• range ability 活动半径；远航力；最大射程
• reading ability 阅读能力
• speaking ability 会话能力
• tax ability 纳税能力
• teaching ability 教学能力
• writing ability 写作能力

～+名词

• ability grouping 能力分组；因材施教

介词+～

• according to one's ability 根据自己的能力
• beyond one's ability 超出某人的能力
• in ability 在能力方面
• a level of ability 能力水平
• a range of ability/abilities 能力的高低范围
• an ounce of ability 少许才能
• man of ability 能干的人
• person of great ability 具有雄才大略的人

～+介词

• ability at 在…方面的能力
• ability for 做…的能力
• ability in 在…方面的能力
• ability with 在…方面的能力

词语用法

1. 指体力或智力时，后通常接不定式；
2. 单用时，通常指智力，如great ability；
3. ability to do it前经常用the/an。

n. (名词)

1. ability的基本意思是泛指做各种事情的“能力”。可以指体力方面的,也可以指智力方面的，有时还指法律上的能力;可以是生来就有的生理功能,也可以是后天通过实践学得的。作此解时仅指能力而不涉及能力的高低,只用单数形式。ability指“智力,技能”时用作可数名词,且常用于复数形式。ability也可指“聪明,智慧”，这时用作不可数名词。单独用ability或abilities时除带后置修饰语或有上下文提示者外，一般都指智力。
2. 表示“在某方面有能力”时ability可接介词in, at, for等；表示“做某事的能力”时可接动词不定式,也可接“in+动名词”,但不接“of+动名词”。表示“有能力的”，可说ability of。
3. ability to do it前通常有限定词，即可以说an ability to do it,也可以说the ability to do it,还可以说sb's ability to do it。注意这种结构中的动词不定式不可用于被动语态。
4. abilities有时可和many连用。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

ability, capability，capacity，talent，genius，ingenuity

• 这组词都可表示“个人的能力”。其区别是：
• 1.ability指人表现出来的实际能力,即做事或行动的能力;
• capacity用于物时指容纳能力,用于人时指潜在的能力,尤指接受能力、领悟性、敏感度等,接of短语时还含有除必需的技能外还须具有做某事的意志或力量的意味;
• capability指从事某项工作或达到某一目的所必需的才能；
• talent表示做某事的特殊才能；
• ingenuity表示设计发明的能力；
• genius表示天赋的高度才智，在本组词中语义最强。
• 2.ability指先天具备的或后天习得的能力；
• capability指天生的或潜在的能力；
• talent和genius都指天资，但talent含有这种天资可在训练或使用中不断成熟或完善的意思，而genius表示的高度才智则是不需努力而与生俱来的。
• 3.ability和talent主要用于人；capability几乎专用于人; capacity可以用于人,也可以用于物。
• 4.ability后常接介词at, in, for或动词不定式; capability后常接介词of, for; talent后常接介词for。
• 例如：
• He has ability to do the work, but he's lazy and won't do it. 他有能力做这工作，但他太懒而不愿做。
• This room has a seating capacity of 60 people. 这间屋子可以坐下60人。
• This task is far beyond the capacity of him. 这项工作远非他的能力所及。
• It is quite above his capabilities. 这完全是他所不能胜任的。
• His literary talents are inherited by two of his sons. 他的两个儿子继承了他的文学天才。
• The teacher detected signs of genius of that boy. 老师发现那个孩子有天才。

下列每组中的两个短语或句子意思不同

• the ability to weep 泪腺正常，有哭泣的能力
• the capacity for tears 因悲哀而哭泣，对悲哀的敏感和反应
• the ability to work 身强力壮或受过训练，能工作
• the capacity for work 在任何场合都能尽力工作的志愿和倾向
• Composing music is beyond his ability. 他缺少作曲能力。
• Composing music is beyond his abilities. 他有多方面才能，只是缺少作曲能力。

ability，capacity，capability，genius，talent，competence，faculty，gift，aptitude

• 这些名词均可表示人的“能力，才能”之意。
• ability普通用词，指人先天的或学来的各种能力。
• capacity侧重指人的潜在能力，通常不指体力，多指才智，尤指接受与领悟能力。
• capability多用于人，指胜任某项具体工作的能力，也指本身具有、尚未发挥的潜在能力。常与of或for连用。
• genius语气最强，指天赋的高度才能与智力。
• talent着重指人某方面具有可发展和培养的突出天赋才能，但语意比genius弱。
• competence正式用词，侧重指令人满意的业务能力与水平，达到胜任某项工作等的要求。
• faculty指特殊的才能或智力。
• gift着重个人的天赋的才能或在某方面的显著本领，常暗含不能用一般规律作解释的意味。
• aptitude多指先天或后天习得的运用自如的能力，常暗示接受能力强，能迅速掌握一种学术训练或艺术技巧。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的ablete，意为擅长处理某事；最初源自拉丁语的habilis，意为擅长的，顺手的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• adeptness
• aptitude
• bent
• capacity
• capability
• cleverness
• competence
• expertise
• facility
• faculty
• flair
• genius
• gift
• intelligence
• knack
• know-how
• power
• proficiency
• qualification
• skill
• talent

【反义词】

• disability
• helplessness
• inability
• inaptitude
• incapability
• incapacity
• incompetence
• powerlessness
• weakness