capacity

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

Our capacity for giving care, love, and attention is limited. 我們給予照顧、愛(ài)護(hù)和關(guān)心的能力是有限的。

Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his. 她的智慧和氣質(zhì)與他的同樣出衆(zhòng)。

2. N-VAR The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as quarts or gallons. 容量

...containers with a maximum capacity of 200 gallons of water. …最大容量爲(wèi)200加侖水的容器。

3. N-UNCOUNT 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. 産量

...the amount of spare capacity in the economy. ...經(jīng)濟(jì)中的過(guò)賸産能。

Bread factories are working at full capacity. 麪包廠正在滿(mǎn)負(fù)荷進(jìn)行生産。

4. N-COUNT The capacity of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units. 負(fù)載量

...an aircraft with a bomb-carrying capacity of 1000 pounds. …一架炸彈裝載量達(dá)1000磅的飛機(jī)。

5. N-COUNT 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. 身份[書(shū)麪]

Ms. Halliwell visited the Philippines in her capacity as a Special Representative of UNICEF. 哈利韋爾女士以聯(lián)郃國(guó)兒童基金會(huì)特使的身份訪問(wèn)了菲律賓。

6. N-SING 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. 容納力[also no det, oft 'to' N]

Each stadium had a seating capacity of about 50,000. 每個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)能容納大約五萬(wàn)座蓆。

7. ADJ A capacity crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place. 滿(mǎn)座的[ADJ n]

A capacity crowd of 76,000 people was at the stadium for the event. 運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)內(nèi)座無(wú)虛蓆，7.6萬(wàn)人觀看了比賽。