| 单词 | capable |
| 释义 | ca·pa·ble 1. archaic a. < a room capable of 20 people > < a harbor capable of the largest ships > b. < an ear capable of faint sounds > < when he became capable of ordinary occurrences she detailed all — James Stephens > 2. < such as we, not capable of death or pain — John Milton > < an order capable of execution > < a passage capable of misinterpretation > < a formal doctrine capable of being expressed in a few catchwords — Lewis Mumford > 3. obsolete < a capable and wide revenge — Shakespeare > 4. < a highly intelligent man, capable of close application of mind — Charles Dickens > < children are not capable of looking after their own interests — Bertrand Russell > < ships capable of facing the heavy seas — J.A.Froude > 5. < all who are capable of absorption in an inward passion — Bertrand Russell > < this woman is capable of murder by violence — Robert Graves > < a grace and dexterity of which no common maid is capable — Lafcadio Hearn > 6. < capable pilots > < the capable direction of the play > < the capable fashioning fingers of the artist — W.S.Maugham > < still composed, still capable, still mistress of herself and any emergency — Ellen Glasgow > 7. obsolete < of my land … to make thee capable — Shakespeare > Synonyms: see able |
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