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| 1 | the amount of something that can be put in a container or the number of people that a place has room for 容量；容积；容纳力 |
| There are plans to increase the capacity of the stadium. 已经有了扩大体育馆容纳力的计划。 |
| +of The fuel tanks have a capacity of 25,000 litres. 油罐的容量为25000升。 |
| a concert hall with a seating capacity of 800 能容纳800名听众的音乐厅 |
| filled/full to capacity (=completely full) All the country’ s prisons are full to capacity. 满的 |
| a capacity crowd/audience (=a very large crowdaudience that completely fills a place) The game is set to attract a capacity crowd of 42,000. 密集的人群/满座的观众 |
| | 1a | the amount of information that can be stored on a computer disk （计算机硬盘的）容量 | |
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| 2 | the amount of goods that a company can produce or the amount of work it can do 产量；工作量 |
| New machinery could increase our production capacity by 25 per cent. 新机器能使我们的产量增长25%。 |
| The plant has a capacity of 120,000 tonnes per annum. 工厂每年的产量为12万吨。 |
| The present rail network has plenty of spare capacity. 目前的铁路网络还有充足的备用运营能力。 |
| at full capacity (=producing as many goods as possible, or doing as much work as possible) The factory is now operating at full capacity. 以最高生产量；以最大生产力 |
| | 2a | the amount of energy or power that something can produce (最高)发电量 | |
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| 3 | the ability to do something 能力 |
| Her poor health limits her earning capacity. 身体不好限制了她的谋生能力。 |
| capacity to do sth They are worried about their capacity to invest for the future. 他们担心自己未来的投资能力。 |
| +for Harry had a tremendous capacity for work. 哈里的工作劲头很足。 |
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| - | in a professional/personal/advisory etc capacity formal
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| having a particular job or position when you do something |
| 以专业人员的身份/以个人身份/以顾问身份等 |
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| I am here in a personal capacity, not on behalf of the company. 我以个人身份到这儿，而不是代表公司。 |
| in your capacity as The Princess was there in her capacity as patron of the charity. 公主是以慈善机构监护人的身份到场的。 |
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