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单词 thesaurus/articles/to-be-able-to-do-something
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Thesaurus article:to be able to do something

to be able to do something

If you areable todo something, you have the necessary physical strength, mental power, skill, time, money, or opportunity to do it.

I wasn't able to work out what she was trying to say.

Canhas a similar meaning and is more common thanable toin speech and writing.

Can you make out what she is trying to say?

The opposite of andableisunable.

I was unable to get the lid off the jar.

You can say that a person or groupis capable ofsomething oris capable of doingsomething.

You are capable of a lot more than you think you are.
I didn't think he was capable of doing that.

The opposite ofbeing capable of (doing)something isbeing incapable of (doing)something.

He was incapable of putting a coherent sentence together.

If youknow how todo something, you have learned how to do it.

"Do you know how to swim?" "Of course I know how to swim."

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