| 词组 | capability |
| 释义 | capability Capability is commonly followed by of or for when it is used with a preposition: • They were viewing the country with the eyes of persons accustomed to drawing; and decided on its capability of being formed into pictures —Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1818 • With childish faith in the capabilities of science —I. I. Rabi, Atlantic, October 1945 • Their ignorance of Man's capabilities for mischief— J. Stevenson-Hamilton, Wild Life in South Africa, 1947 • Today's student constituency has shown a thirst and capability for serious responsibility —Jean-Louis D'Heilly, Change, December 1970 It is also commonly followed by to and an infinitive: • The capability of a great state to expand its influence —New Republic, 27 Jan. 1968 • ... has revealed several areas of weakness in world capability to accelerate agricultural output —Rockefeller Foundation President's Five-Year Review & Annual Report, 1968 • ... our capability to stop these bombers —Stuart Symington, New Republic, 13 July 1953 • ... research activities aimed at developing man's capability to work in the sea —Annual Report, Union Carbide Corp., 1970 |
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