| 单词 | capacity |
| 释义 | capacity (once / 133 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n Capacity describes your ability to do something or the amount something can hold. If your bird cage is at full capacity, you can't stuff one more feathered friend in there without causing birdie claustrophobia. From the Latin word capacitatem meaning “breadth, capacity,” capacity is a noun that in the simplest sense means "ability" or "capability": the capability of a room to hold a certain number of people, the ability of a law to change crime rates, your ability to pick up foreign languages. You might hear about factories working at "full capacity" — that means at full speed, producing as much as they possibly can. WORD FAMILYcapacity: capacious, capacitate, capacities, incapacity+/capacious: capaciously, capaciousness/capacitate: capacitated, capacitates, capacitating, incapacitate/incapacitate: incapacitated, incapacitates, incapacitating/incapacity: incapacities USAGE EXAMPLESThere may be questions, however, about Mr. Jain’s capacity to serve for a long period as a No. 2 executive. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Officials expressed dismay over the scenes of slaughter in the Compaj prison, which held more than 1,200 inmates, about triple its official capacity. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) "At a minimum, it suggests that he may lack the mental capacity to assume the role of his own lawyer." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n capability to perform or produce among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism limited runway capacity a great capacity for growth Ant|Hyper incapacity lack of physical or natural qualifications capability, capableness the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally 2n a specified function 2he was employed in the capacity of director he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary Hyper function, office, part, role the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group 1n the amount that can be contained the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons Syn|Hypo|Hyper content vital capacity the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue volume the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object 2n (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 Hypo|Hyper formatted capacity (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk unformatted capacity(computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it indefinite quantity an estimated quantity 3n the maximum production possible the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity Hyper production (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale 4n tolerance for alcohol 3he had drunk beyond his capacity Hyper tolerance the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions n the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior 4Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper mental ability incapacity lack of intellectual power prescience, prevision the power to foresee the future ability, power possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done n an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored 5Syn|Hyper capacitance, electrical capacity electrical phenomenon a physical phenomenon involving electricity n the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment Syn|Hypo|Hyper capability resistance the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents activity(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction susceptibility, susceptibleness the state of being susceptible; easily affected |
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