capacities

英 [kəˈpæsɪtiz]

美 [kəˈpæsətiz]

n.  容量; 容积; 容纳能力; 领悟(或理解、办事)能力; 职位; 职责
capacity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 能力;才能
  Yourcapacity forsomething is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.
  1. Our capacity for giving care, love and attention is limited...
     我们能够给予的关怀、关爱和关注是有限的。
  2. Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his.
     她的才智和气质和他一样出众。
  3. ...people's creative capacities.
     人们的创造才能
• N-UNCOUNT (工厂、企业、地区的)生产量,生产（或运输）能力
  Thecapacityof 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.
  1. ...the amount of spare capacity in the economy...
     经济中的剩余生产能力
  2. Bread factories are working at full capacity...
     面包厂正在全力生产。
  3. The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity...
     这个地区因其煤炭资源丰富和发电能力巨大而备受重视。
  4. Britain must still keep the nuclear and conventional capacity to deal with all conceivable threats.
     英国仍须保持核武器和常规武器的生产能力，以应对各种潜在威胁。
• N-COUNT （设备的）容量，功率，马力
  Thecapacityof a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units.
  1. ...an aircraft with a bomb-carrying capacity of 454 kg.
     载弹量为454千克的飞机
  2. ...a feature which gave the vehicles a much greater fuel capacity than other trucks.
     使这些车辆的储油量远远超过其他卡车的一个特点
• N-VAR （容器的）容积，容量
  Thecapacityof a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
  1. ...the fuel tanks, which had a capacity of 140 litres...
     容量为140升的油箱
  2. Grease 6 ramekin dishes of 150 ml (5-6 fl oz) capacity.
     将6个容量为150毫升(5至6液盎司)的烤盘涂上油。
• N-SING (建筑、地方、车辆的)可容纳人数,载客量
  Thecapacityof a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filledto capacity, it is as full as it can possibly be.
  1. Each stadium had a seating capacity of about 50,000...
     每个体育场均可容纳5万人左右。
  2. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
     多伦多医院的产房都已住满了。
• ADJ 座无虚席的;满场的;挤满的
  Acapacitycrowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place.
  1. A capacity crowd of 76,000 people was at Wembley football stadium for the event.
     温布利球场座无虚席，76,000人前来观看这场比赛。
• N-COUNT 身份;职责;职位
  If you do somethingina particularcapacity, you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person.
  1. 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别代表的身份访问了菲律宾。
  2. This article is written in a personal capacity...
     本文是以个人名义所写。
  3. Since 1928, Major Thomas has served the club in many capacities.
     自1928年以来,托马斯少校担任过该俱乐部的多个职位。

Do not confusecapacitywithabilityandcapability. If someone has a particularcapacity, acapacityfor something, or acapacityto do something, they have the qualities required to do it.Capacityis a more formal word thanability....their capacity for hard work. ...his capacity to see the other person's point of view.You often useabilityto say that someone can do something well.He had remarkable ability as a musician. ...the ability to bear hardship.A person'scapabilityis the amount of work they can do and how well they can do it....a job that was beyond the capability of one man. ...the director's ideas of the capability of the actor.
不要混淆 capacity，ability 和 capability。capacity 比 ability 更加正式, 表示具有做某事所必需的特质: their capacity for hard work (他们能吃苦耐劳), his capacity to see the other person's point of view (他理解他人观点的能力)。ability 常用来表示能够做好某事: He had remarkable ability as a musician (他拥有杰出的音乐才华), the ability to bear hardship (承受苦难的能力)。capability 表示能完成的工作量及工作质量: a job that was beyond the capability of one man (个人力所不及的工作), the director's ideas of the capability of the actor (导演对那个演员演技的评价)。

双语例句

• Strengthen national surveillance and response capacities
  加强国家监测和应对能力
• Use and continue to develop the tools and abilities to understand vulnerability and to identify local capacities.
  使用和发展方法和能力以理解易受损性和辨别当地的能力。
• But both companies needed time to conduct an extensive assessment of their system capacities and security.
  不过，两家公司需要一些时间，以对各自的系统容量和安全性进行广泛评估。
• These programmes make a vital contribution to the global alert and response system as they allow development of generic and threat-specific capacities.
  这些规划对全球警报和反应系统作出至关重要的贡献，因为通过这些规划能够发展一般性和针对特定威胁的能力。
• Research and development capacities are extremely limited.
  研究和发展的能力极为有限。
• It also helps ensure that development assistance is channeled in ways that strengthen existing capacities and promote self-reliance.
  这也有助于确保以加强现有能力和促进自力更生的方式提供发展援助。
• A long-standing problem is the lack of essential procurement and regulatory capacities in many developing countries.
  一个长期存在的问题就是，许多发展中国家缺乏关键的采购和监管能力。
• Second, the best aid is channelled in ways that strengthen local capacities and infrastructures.
  第二，最佳援助应当以能够加强当地能力和基础设施的方式提供。
• The company has strong product development capabilities and production capacities.
  本公司拥有雄厚的产品开发能力和生产能力。
• Most importantly, preparedness for a pandemic has strengthened national and international capacities in fundamental ways.
  最重要的是，防范大流行从根本上加强了国家和国际能力。