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Capacity Latin Hold 1788.Capacity 英 Kə'Pæsɪtɪ]美 Kə'Pæsəti 释义

正面 1788.capacity
英 [kə'pæsɪtɪ]美 [kə'pæsəti]

背面
释义:
n. 能力;容量;资格,地位;生产力
例句:
1. Spending could outrun the capacity of businesses to produce the goods.消费有可能超出企业的产能。

1、cap + -acity(复合后缀:-ace, -ity).2、-ace is from Latin adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis.3、含义:ability to hold.

capacity (n.)early 15c., from Middle French capacité "ability to hold" (15c.), from Latin capacitatem (nominative capacitas) "breadth, capacity, capability of holding much," noun of state from capax (genitive capacis) "able to hold much," from capere "to take" (see capable). Meaning "largest audience a place can hold" is 1908."

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