English translation of '能力'

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的 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。capacity 比 ability 更为正式。 ... their capacity for hard work ... his capacity to see the other person's point of view ...