capable是什么意思_capable怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

possibly accepting or permitting;"a passage capable of misinterpretation"
"open to interpretation"
"an issue open to question"
"the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"

(followed by `of") having the temperament or inclination for;"no one believed her capable of murder"

having the requisite qualities for;"equal to the task"
"the work isn"t up to the standard I require"

have the skills and qualifications to do things well;"able teachers"
"a capable administrator"
"children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"

中英词源

capable 能够的

来自词根cap, 持，握，抓。词源同accept, capture.

capable: capable: [16] In common with a wide range of other English words, from capture to recuperate, capable comes from Latin capere ‘take’, a relative of English heave. An adjective derived from the verb was Latin capāx ‘able to hold much’, from which English gets capacious [17] and capacity [15]. From its stem capāci- was formed the late Latin adjective capābilis, also originally ‘able to contain things’.

This meaning still survived when the word passed, via French capable, into English (‘They are almost capable of a bushel of wheat’, Thomas Wright, The Passions of the Mind 1601), but by the end of the 18th century it had died out, having passed into the current ‘able to, susceptible of’.
=> capacious, capacity, capture, chase, heave, recuperate
capable (adj.): 1560s, from Middle French capable or directly from Late Latin capabilis "receptive; able to grasp or hold," used by theologians, from Latin capax "able to hold much, broad, wide, roomy;" also "receptive, fit for;" adjectival form of capere "to grasp, lay hold, take, catch; undertake; take in, hold; be large enough for; comprehend," from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (cognates: Sanskrit kapati "two handfuls;" Greek kaptein "to swallow, gulp down;" Lettish kampiu "seize;" Old Irish cacht "servant-girl," literally "captive;" Welsh caeth "captive, slave;" Gothic haban "have, hold;" Old English hæft "handle," habban "to have, hold," Modern English have). Related: Capably.

词态变化

副词 capably;

权威造句

1. I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.: 我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。

2. All dogs are capable of doing harm to human beings.: 只要是狗就可能会咬人。

3. She has an aged parent who"s capable of being very difficult.: 她有一个年迈的父亲，可能会很不好相处。

4. It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme.: 很难想象莱恩克尔能做出如此极端的事情。

5. The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.: 较大的公司能够提供一系列更好的服务。

近反义词

able

adequate

clever

相似短语

be capable of 能够…,可以…,做得出…

capable of 1.能...的,可...的Susan is capable of hard work.苏珊能胜任艰苦的工作。
2.有...能力的;有...本领的

capable fault 能动断层

capable person 【法】有行为能力人

capable of anything capable of anything什么（坏）事都干得出来

person capable of disposing 【法】有行为能力的人

be capable of tackling key research topics 具有科技攻坚能力

单词分析

这些形容词均含有“有能力的，能干的”之意
able最常用词，多用于褒义，着重指多方面的，经常性的，或潜在性的能力。有时也指高超、非凡的能力。
capable语气弱于able，指有能力、有潜力或有条件做某事，常与of连用。
competent强调具有能胜任某项工作的足够技能或其它所需的条件。

记忆方法

1、cap- + -able.
2、含义：able to grasp or hold, able to hold much.

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