capacity
- IPA[kəˈpasɪti]
英式
- the maximum amount that something can contain；fully occupying the available area or space
noun: capacity, plural noun: capacities
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the maximum amount that something can contain the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet the stadium's seating capacity 同義詞
- ▪ fully occupying the available area or space they played to a capacity crowd
- ▪ the total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal combustion engine the cubic capacity is 1171 cc
- ▪ former term for capacitance
- 2. the amount that something can produce the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people
- ▪ the ability or power to do or understand something I was impressed by her capacity for hard work their intellectual capacities 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a person's legal competence cases where a patient's testamentary capacity is in doubt
- 3. a specified role or position I was engaged in a voluntary capacity writing in his capacity as legal correspondent 同義詞
