| 单词 | capacity |
| 释义 | capacity capacity // noun (plural capacities)
EFFECTIVE CAPACITY, EXCESS CAPACITY, INSTALLED CAPACITY, LEGAL CAPACITY
1 [U; C, usually sing.] the number of things or people or the amount of sth that a container or space can hold: a fuel tank with a capacity of 50 litres large-capacity disk drives
2 (Manufacturing ) [U; sing.] the quantity of goods that a factory, machine, etc. can produce; the number of people that a company can provide a service to: The factory is working at full capacity. The Renault plant near Paris had lots of spare capacity (= it had the equipment, etc. to produce more vehicles). The new car factory will open in 2006, with a capacity of 300 000 units a year The airline has cut capacity on Asian routes by 20%.
❖ full/spare/total capacity ◆ manufacturing/production capacity ◆ to cut/expand/increase/reduce capacity
3 [C, usually sing., U] the ability to understand or to do sth: She has an enormous capacity for hard work. Limited resources are restricting our capacity to develop new products. The greater the RAM, the greater the computer's capacity for switching between applications.
4 [C, usually sing.] the official position or function that sb has: acting in her capacity as manager He works for several banks in an advisory capacity. |
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