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单词 capacity
释义 capacity
 /keuh pas"i tee/,  n.  ,  pl.   capacities,  adj.  
  n.  
  1. the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.
  2. the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume: The inn is filled to capacity. The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons.
  3. power of receiving impressions, knowledge, etc.; mental ability: the capacity to learn calculus.
  4. actual or potential ability to perform, yield, or withstand: He has a capacity for hard work. The capacity of the oil well was 150 barrels a day. She has the capacity to go two days without sleep.
  5. quality or state of being susceptible to a given treatment or action: Steel has a high capacity to withstand pressure.
  6. position; function; role: He served in the capacity of legal adviser.
  7. legal qualification.
  8.  Elect.  
   a. capacitance.
   b. maximum possible output.
  adj.  
  9. reaching maximum capacity: a capacity audience; a capacity crowd.
 [1375-1425; late ME capacite < MF < L capacitat- (s. of capacitas), equiv. to capaci-, s. of capax roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -aci- adj. suffix) + -tat- -TY2]
 Syn. 2. dimensions, amplitude. 3. endowment, talent, gifts. 4. aptitude, adequacy, competence, capability.
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