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• n. 容量；容积；能力；职位；资格

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]容量,容积

   the amount that sth can hold or contain

2. [C][U]才能,能力

   ability or power

3. [C]身份,地位; 资格

   a particular position or duty; role

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 容积，容量
2. 能力，才能，本领，才干
3. 资格；地位；职位；资格
4. 能量
5. 生产力
6. 接受能力，容纳能力
7. 理解力
8. 包容力；吸收力；收容力
9. 【电】电容
10. 负载量

adj. 形容词

1. （达到最大容量）满的

英英释义

Noun:

1. capability to perform or produce;

   "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"
   "limited runway capacity"
   "a great capacity for growth"
   

2. the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;

   "the capability of a metal to be fused"
   

3. the amount that can be contained;

   "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
   

4. the maximum production possible;

   "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
   

5. a specified function;

   "he was employed in the capacity of director"
   "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
   

6. (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive;

   "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
   

7. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

8. the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

9. tolerance for alcohol;

   "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That bowl has a capacity of two pints.
   那只碗的容量有两品脱。
2. What is the capacity of this jug?
   这个水壶的容积多大?
3. He has a great capacity for learning languages.
   他学语言的能力很强。
4. China's grain production capacity has improved.
   中国的粮食生产能力提高了。
5. He participated in an unofficial capacity.
   他参与了一个非官方的职位。
6. She alone was in a capacity to begin the negotiation.
   只有她有资格开始谈判。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is a building of very large capacity.
   这是栋容量极大的建筑物。
2. Their reasoning capacity must be developed.
   他们的推理能力必须加以培养。
3. She worked here in the capacity of nurse.
   她在这里当护士。

经典引文

• Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we would all sup together.

  出自：Anthony Cleopatra , Shakespeare

• His capacity for brandy was phenomenal.

  出自： A. MacLean

• The cranial capacity eventually grew to about 1600 cubic centimetres.

  出自： F. Hoyle

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• develop〔improve, undermine〕 capacity 培养〔提高,削弱〕能力
• draw out capacity 发挥能力
• recognize capacity 承认才能

形容词+～

• breathing〔generating, laying〕 capacity 肺活〔发电,产蛋〕量
• carrying〔competitive〕 capacity 运载〔竞争〕能力
• linguistic〔writing, productive〕 capacity 语言〔写作,生产〕能力
• professional capacity 专业能力
• administrative〔initiative〕 capacity 行政管理〔创业〕能力
• intellectual capacity 智力,脑力
• advisory〔official〕 capacity 顾问〔官方〕身份
• individual capacity 个人资格

名词+～

• business〔payment, transportation〕 capacity 业务〔支付,运输〕能力
• classroom〔heat〕 capacity 教室〔热〕容量
• harbor〔lung, storage〕 capacity 港口吞吐〔肺活,储存〕量

～+名词

• capacity tonnage 装载吨数

介词+～

• at full capacity 全力以赴
• beyond the capacity of 为…能力所不及
• in the capacity of 作为,以…的资格
• to capacity 达到最大容量
• within one's capacity 在…能力之内

～+介词

• capacity as a man of business 作为实业家的资格
• capacity for… 的能力
• capacity of 具有…容量

词语用法

1. capacity解释为“能力”，“资格”的意思时，其后通常接带to的不定式，或者for，of后加动名词。

2. His capacity to make friends. His capacity for making friends.

词义辨析

n. (名词)

ability, capability，capacity, talent

• 参见ability条。

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

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古法语的capacit；最初源自拉丁语的capacitatem，意为宽度，容量。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ability
• extent
• function
• role

【反义词】

• inability
• incapacity