capable

Word family

ca·pa·ble /ˈkeɪpəbəl/ S3 W2 AWL adjectiveadj

1 capable of (doing) something CANhaving the qualities or ability needed to do something 有能力做某事

I don’t think he’s capable of murder.

我认为他没有能力杀人。

The company isn’t capable of handling an order that large.

那家公司没有能力应付那么大的订单。

I’m perfectly capable of looking after myself, thank you!

我完全能够自己照顾自己，多谢了！

n Grammar

You say that someone is capable of doing something:

He is capable of doing it by himself.

✗Don’t say: He is capable to do it by himself.

Examples from the Corpus

capable of (doing) something• Redundant systems won't provide such clear-cut results because all of the modules are capable of doing the same job.• Instead, he had proved himself to be capable of great human emotion.• The system must be capable of identifying any new entries or sense sections which have been incorporated into the dictionary text.• We are all fully capable of managing that responsibility.• He was capable of sudden aggressiveness, such as over Matkovsky's telephone account.• Now she could relax, she thought, if she was still capable of thinking.• Roman had said half an hour and he was quite capable of walking in on her if she was late.

2 GOOD ATable to do things well 能力强的，能干的

a strong capable woman

一个坚强能干的女人

3 capable hands someone who is able to do something well 能手，高手

Helen was put in the capable hands of hair stylist Daniel Herson.

海伦由美发大师丹尼尔•赫森给她做头发。

Examples from the Corpus

capable hands• But they weren't capable hands.• I leave it all in your strong, capable hands.• You are in my capable hands.• Think penitent ... and in less capable hands, downright dull.• It was no affair of his that she had left the London studio in the capable hands of her assistant.• I am glad that the business continues to flourish in the capable hands of Rodney Shipsey - the third generation.• May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come.

—capably adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

capable• All the staff at the nursing home seemed very capable.• Mr. Young is a very capable attorney.• Lord himself was a capable but not an outstanding player.• They've got a very capable lawyer working on the case.• And if she is, surely she's perfectly capable of calling a doctor herself.• Blackburn now look to be the only only team capable of catching scum.• It is this which makes the performance capable of repetition.• If she were constitutionally capable of slumping, she would.• Ideally, it will need to be capable of working in all these media and of being extended.• But it does show that intermediate designs are capable of working.• He seemed to think she would be capable on a boat.• The team desperately needs a capable quarterback.• Rebecca was, without question, the most capable technician on the team.

Origin capable

(1500-1600) French Late Latin capabilis, from Latin capere “to take”

ca·pa·ble adjectiveadj →n GRAMMAR1

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