| 释义 |
ability /ə-bilˈi-ti/ noun- The quality or fact of being able (to)
- Power (physical and mental)
- Strength
- Talent, skill
ORIGIN: OFr ableté (Fr habileté), remodelled after its source, L habilitās, -ātis, from habēre to have or hold; see able -able /-ə-bl/ adj sfx- Combining with verbs to convey any of various passive senses (now the chief use as a living suffix), such as ‘capable of being’, ‘able to be’, ‘worthy of being’, ‘likely to be’, ‘that must be’
- Combining with verbs to convey any of various active senses, such as ‘capable of’, ‘able to’, ‘worthy of’, ‘suitable to’, ‘likely to’
- Combining with nouns to convey such meanings as ‘worthy of’, ‘suitable for’, ‘in accordance with’, ‘causing’. See also -ible
ORIGIN: OFr, from L -ābilis, from -bilis as used with a 1st-conjugation verb -ability n sfx -ably adv sfx |