capability

单词辨析:

ability capability capacity competence 【导航词义:能力,才能】
ability n. 能力,本领,能耐;专门技能
〔辨析〕

普通用词,主要用于人,指在智力或体力上能够做某事的实际能力,常后接动词不定式或介词 in/for。

〔例证〕

a player of great ability

极有才华的球员

She has the ability to run her father's business.

她有能力经营父亲的企业。

He shows an ability in/for farming.

他显示出农耕方面的才能。

capability n. 能力,才能
〔辨析〕

尤指完成有难度的事情所需的能力,常后接动词不定式或介词 of,可以复数形式出现。

〔例证〕

manufacturing capability

生产能力

She has the capability to handle the work.

她具备处理这项工作的能力。

Mary has the capability of becoming an excellent teacher.

玛丽有能力成为一名出色的教师。

In her opinion, simultaneous translation is beyond his capabilities.

她认为他做不了同声传译。

capacity n. 能力,才能;容纳能力
〔辨析〕

指人理解或做某事的能力,或容器、房间等的容纳能力,常后接介词 of/for。

〔例证〕

a child's capacity for learning

孩子的学习能力

He has a capacity for computers.

他具有操作计算机的能力。

The fuel tank has a capacity of 50 litres.

这个油箱能装50升油。

competence n. 能力,胜任
〔辨析〕

强调做某事的非凡能力,常后接介词 in。

〔例证〕

You should try to maintain your professional competence.

你应当尽力保持自己的专业能力。

We have doubt about his competence in teaching.

我们怀疑他教书的能力。

He demonstrated thorough competence in dealing with these issues.

他在处理这些问题时完全显示出了他的能力。

相关例句:

The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.

欧洲国家仍具有威胁英国自身安全的潜在能力。

This paper describes the background, scope, and some of the concepts behind this new capability.

本文描述了背景、范围和此新功能背后的一些概念。

This capability is valuable for large enterprise environments where different machines are used for performance testing and system monitoring.

该能力对大型企业环境是有价值的,在该环境中,性能测试和系统监控使用不同的机器。

People experience differences in physical and mental capability depending on the time of day

在一天当中的不同时间,人的体力和脑力也会有所差异。

This helps to create a picture of an organization's capability and readiness for portfolio management across multiple dimensions.

这帮助形成了对于跨多个维度的项目组合管理的组织能力和准备的全景。

The bank has developed a leading portfolio of applications carefully managed to ensure both cost and capability efficiency.

银行已经开发了一个领先的得到谨慎管理的组合,以确保成本和功能的效率。