capacity

capacity
(pl. -ies)

[in sing.]the maximum amount that something can contain
最大容量
the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet.
这个冰柜的最大容量为1.1立方英尺。
the stadium's seating capacity.
这个体育场的最大观众容纳量。
[mass noun]the room was filled to capacity.
房间里座无虚席。
■[as modifier]fully occupying the available area or space
满员；满载
they played to a capacity crowd.
他们为满场的观众比赛。
■the amount that something can produce
生产量，生产力
the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity.
这家公司的目标是使电力生产翻两番。
when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people.
工厂开足马力生产时要雇佣450人。
■the total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal-combustion engine
（内燃机的）排气量
■former term for capacitance
capacitance 的原称
the ability or power to do, experience, or understand something
能力，才能；理解能力
I was impressed by her capacity for hard work.
她从事艰苦工作的能力给我留下了印象。
[with infinitive]his capacity to inspire trust in others.
他那激发他人信任的能力。
their intellectual capacities.
他们的智能。
■[in sing.]a person's legal competence
（人在法律上的）能力
cases where a patient's testamentary capacity is in doubt.
几起病人遗嘱能力受质疑的案例。
[in sing.]a specified role or position
身份，角色，职位
I was engaged in a voluntary capacity.
我从事一个自愿者的角色。
writing in his capacity as legal correspondent.
以合法记者的身份写作。

派生
capacitive
adjective

(亦作 capacitative)(chiefly Physics).)
(主物理)

语源

late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- 'that can contain', from capere 'take or hold'

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