新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

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。