[; , ]the number of things or people or the amount of sth that a container or space can hold 容积；容量◆a fuel tank with a capacity of 50 litres 一个容积为 50 升的油箱◆large-capacity disk drives 大容量磁盘驱动器
() [; ]the quantity of goods that a factory, machine, etc. can produce; the number of people that a company can provide a service to 生产量；生产能力；能够获得一家公司提供服务的人数◆The factory is working at full capacity. 工厂正满负荷生产。◆The Renault plant near Paris had lots of spare capacity (= it had the equipment, etc. to produce more vehicles). 巴黎附近的雷诺厂拥有大量闲置的生产能力（有生产更多汽车的设备等）。◆The new car factory will open in 2006, with a capacity of 300 000 units a year. 新的汽车厂将在 2006 年投产，每年可以生产 30 万辆汽车。⨁full / spare / total capacity 充足的／闲置的／全部的生产能力⨁manufacturing / production capacity 制造／生产能力⨁to cut / expand / increase / reduce capacity 减少／扩大／提高／降低生产能力
[, ; ]the ability to understand or to do sth （理解、办事的）能力◆She has an enormous capacity for hard work. 她特别能吃苦耐劳。◆Limited resources are restricting our capacity to develop new products. 有限的资源正限制着我们开发新产品的能力。
[, ]the official position or function that sb has 职位；职责◆acting in her capacity as manager 行使她的经理职权◆He works for several banks in an advisory capacity. 他是多家银行的顾问。