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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1507 COCA: 1777

capacity

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ca·pac·i·ty /kəˈpæsəti/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun (plural capacities)  
1  [singular]SIZE the amount of space a container, room etc has to hold things or people 容量，容积；容纳人数
capacity of
 The fuel tank has a capacity of 40 litres.
这个油箱能装40升油。
 The room had seating capacity for about 80.
这房间能坐80个人左右。
 The orchestra played to a capacity crowd (=the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc).
管弦乐队为满场的观众演奏。
 All the hotels were filled to capacity.
所有的宾馆都住满了。
► see thesaurus at size
2  [countableC, uncountableU]CAN someone’s ability to do something 能力，才能 OPP incapacity
capacity for
 a child’s capacity for learning
孩子的学习能力
 an infinite capacity for love
无尽的爱心
capacity to do something
 a capacity to think in an original way
创造性的思维能力
3  [singular] formalJOB/WORK someone’s job, position, or duty 职位；地位；身份；职责 SYN role
in a professional/official etc capacity
 Rollins will be working in an advisory capacity on this project.
罗林斯将担任这个项目的顾问。
(do something) in your capacity as something
 I attended the meeting in my capacity as chairman of the safety committee.
我是以安全委员会主席的身份参加这次会议的。
4  [singular, uncountableU]BB the amount of something that a factory, company, machine etc can produce or deal with 〔工厂、公司、机器等的〕生产量，生产能力
 The company has the capacity to build 1,500 trucks a year.
公司的年生产能力为1,500辆卡车。
 The factory has been working at full capacity (=making the most amount of things that it can).
这家工厂已经在全力生产了。
5  [singular, uncountableU] the size or power of something such as an engine 〔引擎的〕功率，容积
 The tax on cars is still based on engine capacity.
汽车税仍然按引擎的功率大小来征收。
n COLLOCATIONS
phrases
have a capacity of 5/10 etc litres
It’s a small microwave which has a capacity of 0.6 cubic feet.
be filled to capacity (=be completely full)
The courtroom was filled to capacity.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + capacity
limited capacity
The hospitals have a limited capacity.
high capacity (=able to hold a lot of things or people)
There was demand for a high capacity public transport system.
storage capacity (=how much information a computer disk, CD-Rom etc can hold)
The storage capacity is about 250 megabytes.
seating capacity (=how many seats there are in a theatre, hall etc)
The largest hall in the university has a seating capacity of over 1,500.
capacity + NOUN
a capacity audience (=the largest number of people who can fill a theatre, hall etc)
The lecture attracted a capacity audience.
a capacity crowd (=the largest number of people that can fit in a place)
A capacity crowd of 40,000 turned up at the stadium.
Examples from the Corpus
capacity• The computer's memory has a capacity of over 200 megabytes.• Rollins will be working in an advisory capacity on this project.• Managerial candidates will need to call upon people who know them in different capacities to assist in their self-diagnosis.• He has an enormous capacity for hard work.• Soil water was restored weekly to field capacity.• In her capacity as war correspondent for ABC News, she has traveled all over the world.• In the stage when she begins forming her own inner values, her capacities for paying attention reach a new dimension.• He works for this firm in a legal capacity, giving advice on international law.• I'm here in my capacity as Union Representative.• The resulting slump left a considerable proportion of productive capacity idle.• Children have a remarkable capacity to learn language.• Cheryl's capacity for understanding and compassion is impressive.• Getting moving here won't mitigate the despair; but it would at least show some capacity to think beyond the sourly inescapable.• Hence Phoenix always keeps at least two of its garbage districts in public hands-so it will always have the capacity to compete.• The capacity of the tank should be 500 gallons or more.• But they never lost their capacity for diplomacy no matter what the provocation.• All the storage units were filled to capacity.• The car's fold-down rear seat increases the trunk capacity.
filled to capacity• Four 26-week groups are run simultaneously and are always filled to capacity.• A safety valve releases any excess pressure once the air chamber has been filled to capacity.• The Lake District National Park is filled to capacity for much of the summer.• The ship, it is said, is filled to capacity with sperm oil.• Were the planes leaving Sky Harbor for Texas and Pennsylvania filled to capacity?• This year over 200,000 people will die from heart disease; that's Wembley stadium filled to capacity four times over!• The room was filled to capacity that night with professionals all dressed up and on their best behavior.• Participants said the city's main square was filled to capacity.
capacity to do something• That all living creatures possess a capacity to learn is apparent from the way they find their way around an environment.• The right person for the job must show a capacity to work independently.• Case Study Beyond Statistics Statistics have a dangerous capacity to undermine the vividness of many of these issues.• People have a limited capacity to sustain interest in politics.• But not a loner. Capacity to attach to a firm, a team.• Mr Howard said the country's capacity to admit asylum seekers was reaching breaking point.• Bureaucratic forms of administration would reduce the state's capacity to direct the economy effectively.• Beyond that Spoornet will continue investing steadily to take capacity to 38 million tonnes a year by 2010.• This gives a breathing space for people to establish a sense of their capacity to live without drink.
(do something) in your capacity as something• In his capacity as world-wide planning coordinator, Mueller had been invited by Nate Cocello to attend the meeting as an observer.• In your capacity as a conductor you often perform the same works again and again.• Buthelezi had repeatedly insisted on a meeting with Mandela on an equal footing and in his capacity as head of Inkatha.• He also came under attack in his capacity as a revenue farmer and would-be monopolist.• Prince Charles, in his capacity as president of the charity Business in the Community, was to be the guest speaker.• They may petition for mercy from the prime minister in his capacity as military governor.• Hitherto defacto president in his capacity as Supreme Soviet Chair, he defeated one other candidate.
at full capacity• By early 1977, Tarrytown was back at full capacity with a work force of nearly 3,800 workers.• Already there are sawmills that can not operate at full capacity because of wood shortages.• The shutdown had no effect on Calvert Cliffs Unit One, which continues to operate at full capacity.• The reactor had been operating at full capacity.
From Longman Business Dictionary
capacityca·pac·i·ty /kəˈpæsəti/ noun
1[uncountableU] the amount of space a container, room etc has to hold things or people
The fuel tank has a capacity of 12 gallons.
a conference room with a seating capacity of 500
→ deadweight (carrying) capacity
2MANUFACTURING[uncountableU] the amount of something that a factory, company, machine etc can produce or deal with
Our production capacity has gone up again, with a throughput (=the amount dealt with) of 800 tabloid pages per week.
When working to full capacity (=producing as much as possible), the shipyard employed more than thirty craftsmen and apprentices.
→ excess capacity → spare capacity
3[singular]JOB someone’s job, position, or duty
Rollins will be working in an advisory capacity on this project.
I attended in my capacity as chairman of the safety committee.
→ legal capacity → see also debt capacity, dual capacity
Origin capacity
(1400-1500) French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax; → CAPACIOUS
ca·pac·i·ty noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1507 COCA: 1777
capacity

noun¹

 1amount held/produced容量；生產量ADJECTIVE | VERB + CAPACITY | CAPACITY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤high, large大容量◇a high-capacity electric pump抽水量很大的電泵◇large-capacity disk drives大容量的磁盤驅動器➤limited, small有限的／很小的容量▸➤maximum, total最大容量；總容量◇a total capacity of 10 gallons10 加侖的總容量➤additional, excess, spare額外的／過剩的／多餘的生產力◇excess capacity in the oil industry石油工業過剩的生產力➤carrying, production, seating, storage載重量；生產能力；座位數量；貯存容量➤nuclear核力量▸➤lung肺活量➤engine, fuel發動機排量；燃料容量➤disk, memory磁盤／存貯容量▸➤economic, productive經濟／生產能力▸➤earning賺錢的能力◇The qualification should increase my earning capacity.這一資格應有助於提高我賺錢的能力。VERB + CAPACITY➤have有⋯容量▸➤expand, increase擴大／提高生產力▸➤reduce降低生產力CAPACITY + NOUN➤audience, crowd滿座的觀眾；座無虛席PREPOSITION➤at capacity以最高生產能力◇The system was already at capacity.該系統已經是滿負荷運轉了。PHRASES➤be filled to capacity, be packed to capacity充滿；擠滿◇The stadium was filled to capacity (= was full).體育場座無虛席。➤operate at full capacity, work at full capacity (= to produce the maximum amount possible) 全力運轉；滿負荷生產
capacity

noun²

 2ability能力ADJECTIVE | VERB + CAPACITY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤amazing, enormous, great, infinite, remarkable驚人的／巨大的／了不起的／無窮的／卓越的能力▸➤limited有限的能力▸➤innate, natural天生的／自然的能力◇Children have an innate capacity to understand language.兒童生來就有理解語言的能力。➤intellectual, mental智力；心智能力▸➤human人的能力◇the human capacity for compassion人的同情心VERB + CAPACITY➤demonstrate, have, possess顯示出／具有／擁有能力➤develop增強能力▸➤lack, lose缺少／失去能力◇She seems to have lost the capacity to enjoy herself.她似乎已經失去了享受快樂的能力。➤enhance, increase增強能力▸➤reduce, restrict削弱／限制能力PREPOSITION➤beyond sb's capacity超出某人的能力範圍◇These questions are beyond the capacity of most students.對於大多數學生來說，這些問題太難了。➤within sb's capacity在某人的能力之內◇The mountain walk is well within the capacity of most fit people.對大多數健康的人來說，走這山路不成問題。➤capacity for⋯的能力◇her amazing capacity for organization她那驚人的組織能力
capacity

noun³

 3official position職位ADJECTIVE | VERB + CAPACITY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤official官職▸➤personal, private, unofficial (especially BrE) 個人身分；非官方身分▸➤professional專業職位➤voluntary (especially BrE) 志願者身分▸➤acting, caretaker (BrE) 代理職位▸➤advisory顧問職位▸➤judicial (especially BrE) 司法職位VERB + CAPACITY➤act in, work in以⋯的身分；作為⋯◇I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家醫院做過顧問工作。PREPOSITION➤in your capacity作為⋯◇In my capacity as president, I would like to thank Jack for his hard work.作為主席，我要感謝傑克的辛勤工作。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1507 COCA: 1777
capacity noun
⇨ ability (an enormous capacity for hard work) ⇨ role (an advisory capacity) ⇨ size (a capacity of 50 litres)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1507 COCA: 1777
capacity
General words for numbers, amounts and quantities: accumulation, allocation, allowance...
Units for measuring computer information or speed: bandwidth, baud, bit...
To do business and relating to doing business: account, after hours, asset...
Fuel and using fuel: biofuel, biogas, biomass...
Skill, talent and ability: experience, ability, skill...

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