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capacity

英  [kəˈpæsɪti]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 满座的

    A capacity crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place.

    双语例句

    例：

    A capacity crowd of 76,000 people was at the stadium for the event.

    运动场内座无虚席，7.6万人前来观看了比赛。

    NOUN. 名词

  • capacities

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 能力

    Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.

    近义词

    ability

    双语例句

    例：

    Our capacity for giving care, love, and attention is limited.

    我们给予关怀、关爱和关注的能力是有限的。

    例：

    Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his.

    她的智慧和气质与他的智慧与气质一样出众。

    2. [C, U 有变体名词] 容量

    The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as pints or gallons.

    双语例句

    例：

    containers with a maximum capacity of 200 gallons of water.

    最大容量为200加仑水的容器。

    3. [U 不可数名词] 产量

    The capacity of something such as a factory, industry, or region is the quantity of things that it can produce or deliver with the equipment or resources that are available.

    双语例句

    例：

    the amount of spare capacity in the economy.

    经济中的过剩产能。

    例：

    Bread factories are working at full capacity.

    面包厂正在全力生产。

    4. [C 可数名词] 负载量

    The capacity of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units.

    双语例句

    例：

    an aircraft with a bomb-carrying capacity of 1000 pounds.

    一架炸弹装载量达1000磅的飞机。

    例：

    a feature which gave the vehicles a much greater fuel capacity than other trucks.

    使这些车辆的载油量远远超过其它卡车的一个特点。

    5. [C 可数名词] 身份

    If you do something in a particular capacity, you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person.

    双语例句

    例：

    Ms Halliwell visited the Philippines in her capacity as a Special Representative of UNICEF.

    哈利韦尔女士以联合国儿童基金会特使的身份访问了菲律宾。

    6. [SING 单数型名词] 容纳力

    The capacity of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to capacity, it is as full as it can possibly be.

    近义词

    size

    双语例句

    例：

    Each stadium had a seating capacity of about 50,000.

    每个运动场能容纳大约五万座席。

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