capacity
/kəˈpæsətɪ/noun
(pl.-ies)
1
- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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一番
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
1.3
- the total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal-combustion engine（内燃机的）排气量。
1.4
- former term for CAPACITANCE.CAPACITANCE的原称。
2
- the ability or power to do, experience, or understand something能力, 才能; 承受力; 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。
2.1
- 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。
3
- in sing. a specified role or position身份, 角色, 职位：
I was engaged in a voluntary capacity
我是以志愿者的身份参与其中的
writing in his capacity as legal correspondent.
以合法记者的身份写作。
派生词
capacitive
（亦作capacitative）adjective （chiefly Physics 【主物理】）词源
late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- 'that can contain'， from capere 'take or hold'.