capacities n. 能力;容量;性能;生产量(capacity的复数)
- The parameters of the working steam were not stable and the disposition capacities were variable in operation.
在实际生产运行中,工作蒸汽的参数是不稳定的,而且处理量也是变化的。 - Facility decisions require information demand\suppliers , as well as information on capacities , revenues and costs within the company.
决定引进设备,需要知道需求量和供应商的信息以及公司内部的能力、收入和成本。 - Biologists have studied the capacities of this kingdom by creating conditions unfavorable to certain trees in the forest and monitoring the response of the mushroom kingdom.
生物学家已经通过创造森林中对某些树木不利的环境并监控蘑菇王国的反应,从而研究了这一王国的能力。
Capacity \Ca*pac"i*ty\ (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
{Capacities} (-t[i^]z). [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis;
fr. F. capacit['e]. See {Capacious}.]
1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical
things.
Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
--Shak.
The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --Boyle.
2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.;
the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
capability of understanding or feeling.
Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere
passive operations of the mind]; its primary
signification, which is literally room for, as well
as its employment, favors this; although it can not
be denied that there are examples of its usage in an
active sense. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of
being or of doing.
The capacity of blessing the people. --Alex.
Hamilton.
A cause with such capacities endued. --Blackmore.
4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
profession; character; position; as, to work in the
capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
5. (Law) Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence,
character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for
holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills,
etc.; legal power or right; competency.
{Capacity for heat}, the power of absorbing heat. Substances
differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a
given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference
is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their
capacity for heat. See {Specific heat}, under {Heat}.
Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency;
cleverness. See {Ability}.