• adj. 能干的，能勝任的；有才華的

來自詞根cap, 持，握，抓。詞源同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 ‘a(chǎn)ble 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 ‘a(chǎn)ble 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 ‘a(chǎn)ble 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 h?ft "handle," habban "to have, hold," Modern English have). Related: Capably.

1. I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.

我覺得我能準(zhǔn)確預(yù)料此事的政治后果。

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2. All dogs are capable of doing harm to human beings.

只要是狗就可能會(huì)咬人。

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3. She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.

她有一個(gè)年邁的父親，可能會(huì)很不好相處。

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4. It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme.

很難想象萊恩克爾能做出如此極端的事情。

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5. The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.

較大的公司能夠提供一系列更好的服務(wù)。

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