单词 | capacity |
释义 | capacitycapacity /kəˈpæsət̮i/ ●○○ W3 AWL noun (plural capacities) 1[singular, uncountable] math the space a container, room, etc. has to hold things or people, or a measure of the amount that a space or container can hold: The car’s fold-down rear seat increases the trunk capacity.capacity of The theater had a seating capacity of 1,400 people. Capacity crowds (=people filling all the seats in a room, hall, etc.) are expected at the festival. All hotels were filled to capacity (=completely full).2[countable, uncountable] someone’s ability to do something: capacity for a child’s capacity for learningcapacity to do something a capacity to think in an original way3[singular] formal someone’s job, position, or duty SYN role: in an official/a professional etc. capacity Rollins will be working in an advisory capacity on this project.do something in your capacity as something Davis will continue to serve in his present capacity as treasurer.4[singular, uncountable] the amount of something that a factory, company, machine, etc. can produce or deal with: The company has the capacity to build seven million cars a year. The reactor had been operating at full capacity. [Origin: 1400–1500 French capacité, from Latin capacitas] |
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