capability

英 [ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti] 美 [ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti]

n.  能力; 才能; (国家的)军事力量,军事武器

复数:capabilities

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Collins.2 / BNC.3838 / COCA.2958



牛津词典

noun

  1. 能力;才能
    the ability or qualities necessary to do sth
    1. Animals in the zoo have lost the capability to catch/of catching food for themselves.
      动物园的动物已经丧失自己捕食的能力。
    2. beyond/within the capabilities of current technology
      超出了当前技术能力的范围;在当前技术能力的范围以内
    3. Age affects the range of a person's capabilities.
      年龄影响着一个人能力的大小。
  2. (国家的)军事力量,军事武器
    the power or weapons that a country has for war or for military action
    1. Britain's nuclear/military capability
      英国的核力量 / 军事力量

柯林斯词典

  1. N-VAR 能力;素质
    If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
    1. 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。
    2. The standards set four years ago in Seoul will be far below the athletes' capabilities now.
      4年前在首尔制定的标准将远远低于目前运动员的水平。
  2. N-VAR (国家的)军事力量
    A country's military capability is its ability to fight in a war.
    1. Their military capability has been reduced because their air force has proved not to be effective...
      由于空军战斗力不够强大,他们的军事实力有所下降。
    2. They have the capability to destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
      他们有能力在几天内,而不是几个星期内消灭敌人。

双语例句

  1. No one ever questioned her capability.
    从来没有人质疑她的能力。
  2. 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。
  3. The standards set four years ago in Seoul will be far below the athletes 'capabilities now.
    4年前在首尔制定的标准将远远低于目前运动员的水平。
  4. Their military capability has been reduced because their air force has proved not to be effective
    由于空军战斗力不够强大,他们的军事实力有所下降。
  5. They have the capability to destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
    他们有能力在几天内,而不是几个星期内消灭敌人。
  6. The country needs a defence capability as insurance against the unexpected.
    国家需要有一定的防御能力,以应对不可预知的情况。
  7. 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。
  8. However, the CIM extensions provide this capability.
    然而,CIM扩展提供了该功能。
  9. As you achieve each level of the maturity framework, your organizational capability increases.
    随着你实现成熟框架的每一个级别,你的组织能力提高了。
  10. Thus, the tooling of business process and data modeling should support round-trip capability.
    因此,业务流程和数据建模工具应该支持往返(round-trip)功能。
  11. Organizational capability focuses on internal processes and systems for meeting customer needs.
    组织能力着重于满足客户需求的内部过程和系统。
  12. Rational Method Composer's process authoring capability provides additional flexibility in carrying out such customization and management.
    RationalMethodComposer的过程创造能力在执行定制和管理方面,提供了额外的灵活性。
  13. Component and system software is designed for calibration capability to expand the product line efficiently.
    组件和系统软件的设计具备校准能力,支持高效扩展产品线。
  14. 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。
  15. This capability can also be used for new development if needed.
    如果需要,这种能力也可以用来开发新的应用。
  16. 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。
  17. The capability enables greater flexibility and dynamicity in an application.
    此功能可以在应用程序中实现更强的灵活性和动态性。
  18. Gather feedback ( positive and negative) on the capability and performance of the tools.
    收集关于工具功能及性能的反馈(积极的和消极的)。
  19. This capability lets you design business processes that are more flexible and adaptive to changes.
    此功能允许您设计更加灵活和更容易适应更改的业务流程。
  20. 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。
  21. Finally, you will need to add the Aegis capability to client and the server code.
    最后,您需要将Aegis功能添加到客户端和服务器代码中。
  22. In addition, we learned the process and components needed to provide such an advanced search capability.
    此外,我们了解了提供这种高级搜索功能所需的过程和组件。
  23. Without this automated translation capability, MDD could not deliver to its full potential.
    缺少了这个自动的翻译能力,MDD就不能交付其全部的潜能了。
  24. This capability tremendously reduces the cost of deploying and maintaining software.
    此功能极大减少了部署和维护软件的成本。
  25. We would like to extend this capability to software systems and architectures.
    我们希望将此功能扩展到软件系统和体系结构中。
  26. 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。
  27. By planning this up front, we can really start to understand our requirements team's capability.
    通过预先计划,我们可以真正地开始了解需求团队的能力了。
  28. LPAR provides the capability for server consolidation, which helps optimize system resources and reduce system complexity.
    LPAR提供了对服务器进行合并的功能,这可以帮助对系统资源进行优化,并降低系统的复杂性。
  29. For example, security ( include both authentication and authorization), offline capability, and deployment.
    例如,安全(包括身份验证和授权)、脱机功能和部署。
  30. Logical partitioning provides POWER processor-based servers with the capability to do server consolidation and optimize system resources.
    逻辑分区为基于POWER处理器的服务器提供了进行服务器合并和优化系统资源的能力。

同义词辨析

  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。

英英释义

noun

  1. the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
    1. he worked to the limits of his capability

    Synonym:    capableness

  2. an aptitude that may be developed

      Synonym:    capablenesspotentiality

    1. the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
      1. the capability of a metal to be fused

      Synonym:    capacity