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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- capacity [kə'pæsɪtɪ]
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1.
n
the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold
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2.
n
the amount that can be contained; volume
- a capacity of six gallons
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3.
n
the maximum amount something can contain or absorb (esp in the phrase filled to capacity)
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4.
n
(as modifier)
- a capacity crowd
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5.
n
the ability to understand or learn; aptitude; capability
- he has a great capacity for Greek
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6.
n
the ability to do or produce (often in the phrase at capacity)
- the factory's output was not at capacity
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7.
n
a specified position or function
- he was employed in the capacity of manager
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8.
n
a measure of the electrical output of a piece of apparatus such as a motor, generator, or accumulator
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9.
n
a former name for capacitance
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10.
n
[electronics]
[computing]
the number of words or characters that can be stored in a particular storage device
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11.
n
the range of numbers that can be processed in a register
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12.
n
the bit rate that a communication channel or other system can carry
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13.
n
legal competence
- the capacity to make a will
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14.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French capacite, from Latin cap
a cita s, from capa x spacious, from capere to take
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1.
n
the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold
Examples
- a tank with a capacity of 21 gallons
- 一个具有21加仑容量的油箱 → capacity
- filled to capacity
- 最大容量，装满 → capacity
- operating at capacity
- 全力以赴地生产，开足马力 → capacity
- acting in the capacity of an adviser
- 以顾问的资格行事 → capacity
- in an advisory capacity
- 以顾问身份 → advisory
- filled to capacity
- 没有位置 → capacity
- a capacity crowd
- 座无虚席 → capacity
- to work at full capacity
- 以最大限度工作 → capacity
- capacity for sth/to do sth
- 某事/做某事的能力 → capacity
- in his capacity as...
- 以他作为...的身份 → capacity
nciku Note
关于“能力”的不同表达
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关于“能力”的不同表达 请勿混淆 ability , capability ,和 capacity . ability 表示某人有能力做好某事. He had remarkable ability as a musician… the ability to bear hardship… 某人的 capability 是指他所能完成的工作量及工作质量的好坏. …a job that was beyond the capability of one man… the film director’s ideas of the capability of the actor… 如果某人具有某种特殊 capacity ,或 a capacity for something, 或a capacity to do something， 说明他具备做该事所需的能力. capability 比 ability 更为正式. …their capacity for hard work… his capacity to see the other person’s point of view…. |
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