“Capability”和“Capacity”到底一不一樣?

2019-03-04 09:08:35  每日學(xué)英語

ability

◆ actual skill, either mental or physical; native or acquired

實際能力,腦力或者體力上的;指人先天的或?qū)W來的各種能力。

例:

...the ability to bear hardship.

吃苦耐勞的能力...


Capability

◆ unique fitness for a defined end; sometimes may be used in place of ability, but its use in place of capacity is incorrect

多用于人,針對特定目的的具體能力(常有“勝任”某職務(wù)的意思);有時可用來代替ability,但它不能替代capacity

◆ often refers to extremes of ability

通常指你能達到的能力的極限

例:

It was, in any case, beyond the capability of one man.

無論如何,一個人是做不到的。

 

Capacity

◆ potential to develop a skill, usually mental; native, as opposed to acquired

側(cè)重指潛在能力,通常不指體力,多指才智,尤指接受與領(lǐng)悟能力;先天的,不是后天努力能得到的

◆ a measure of such ability.

衡量某一能力的標(biāo)準或者尺度;capacity實際上多與數(shù)量或容量有關(guān),表示能力的一種度量。通常用在物上,表示某物的容納等能力

例:

vital capacity n. 肺活量

 

能力

 

最后,

我們放在句子里對照理解一下

 

 
I have the ability to write.

我能寫作。

意思就是:

I've always been interested in writing, and I took some classes.

我一直對寫作很感興趣,我也上過一些寫作課。


I don't have the capability to write a novel.

我不能寫小說。

意思就是:

My skill is in poetry, not creating a fictional story.

我很擅長寫詩歌,但是我不擅長創(chuàng)作小說。

 

 
I do have the capacity to write a novel, but I don't want to.

我能寫小說,但是我不想。

意思就是:

I don't want to put the mental effort into writing a long story.

我不想把精力花在寫一個長篇故事上。

 

能力

 

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