ability/capability/capacity/competence.导航词义：能力，才能

1. ability:n. 能力，本领，能耐；专门技能.普通用词，主要用于人，指在智力或体力上能够做某事的实际能力，常后接动词不定式或介词 in/for。

a player of great ability

极有才华的球员

She has the ability to run her father's business.

她有能力经营父亲的企业。

He shows an ability in/for farming.

他显示出农耕方面的才能。

2. capability:n. 能力，才能.尤指完成有难度的事情所需的能力，常后接动词不定式或介词 of，可以复数形式出现。

manufacturing capability

生产能力

She has the capability to handle the work.

她具备处理这项工作的能力。

Mary has the capability of becoming an excellent teacher.

玛丽有能力成为一名出色的教师。

In her opinion, simultaneous translation is beyond his capabilities.

她认为他做不了同声传译。

3. capacity:n. 能力，才能；容纳能力.指人理解或做某事的能力，或容器、房间等的容纳能力，常后接介词 of/for。

a child's capacity for learning

孩子的学习能力

He has a capacity for computers.

他具有操作计算机的能力。

The fuel tank has a capacity of 50 litres.

这个油箱能装50升油。

4. competence:n. 能力，胜任.强调做某事的非凡能力，常后接介词 in。

You should try to maintain your professional competence.

你应当尽力保持自己的专业能力。

We have doubt about his competence in teaching.

我们怀疑他教书的能力。

He demonstrated thorough competence in dealing with these issues.

他在处理这些问题时完全显示出了他的能力。

全部

1·No one doubted his ability.

没有人怀疑他的能力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Her drama teacher spotted her ability.

她的戏剧老师发现了她的才能。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Almost everyone has some musical ability.

几乎人人都有一些音乐才能。《牛津词典》

4·A woman of her ability will easily find a job.

有她那样才能的女性找工作不难。《牛津词典》

5·Leadership is about the ability to implement change.

领导才能是一种实行变革的能力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·Contestants were grouped according to age and ability.

参赛者按年龄和能力分组。《牛津词典》

7·They overestimated his ability when they promoted him.

他们提拔他的时候高估了他的能力。《牛津词典》

8·His outstanding ability earned him a place on the team.

他非凡的能力为他在队中赢得了一席之地。《牛津词典》

9·Both are blessed with an uncommon ability to fix things.

俩人都有幸具有不寻常的修理东西的能力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·What criteria are used for assessing a student's ability?

用什么标准来评定一个学生的能力？《牛津词典》

能力

1·No one doubted his ability.

没有人怀疑他的能力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Leadership is about the ability to implement change.

领导才能是一种实行变革的能力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Contestants were grouped according to age and ability.

参赛者按年龄和能力分组。《牛津词典》

4·They overestimated his ability when they promoted him.

他们提拔他的时候高估了他的能力。《牛津词典》

5·His outstanding ability earned him a place on the team.

他非凡的能力为他在队中赢得了一席之地。《牛津词典》

才能

1·Her drama teacher spotted her ability.

她的戏剧老师发现了她的才能。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Almost everyone has some musical ability.

几乎人人都有一些音乐才能。《牛津词典》

3·They have been given college scholarships purely on athletic ability.

他们完全凭他们的运动才能获得了大学奖学金。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Perhaps, with such powers of invention and mathematical ability, he will be offered a job in computers.

或许，拥有这样的创造能力和数学才能，他会得到一份计算机方面的工作。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·He never shows off his ability.

他从不卖弄自己的才能。

本领

1·The famous tenor Enrico Caruso was said to have had the ability, but after he died his wife denied these rumors.

曾有人说著名男高音恩里科•卡洛斯有此本领，但是在他死后，他的妻子却否决了这些传闻。

2·A test of your resilience, your patience, your ability to hunker down and sit tight till something wonderful turns up. And it does.

斯基纳是对你的一种考验，考验你的韧性和耐心，考验你沉得住气的本领，直到美丽的风景出现。

3·A good listener has the ability to make people feel good, and is as valuable at a party as a good talker.

一个好的听众要有让人感觉舒服的本领，好的听众在参加派对时与一个优秀的说话者同等重要。

4·Men have the uncanny ability to find nearly anything humorous. Funny is funny, and whether the joke is appropriate or not doesn't matter to most guys.

男人总是有这种超能的本领去发现一切事物的幽默之处，有趣就是有趣，不管这个笑话是否很适合，对大多数男人来说都无关紧要。

5·The mind is capacious. Much mental and emotional ability can survive mere memory loss, as do other qualities that make us human.

人有着广阔的大脑空间。情感与精神的力量可以弥补记忆衰退。除了记忆，人类还有许多别的本领。

才

1·I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I am not inferior.

从今往后，我明白了，只有低能者才会江郎才尽，我并非低能者。

2·A second notice was sent in September, but it wasn't until Feb. 4 that the certifier finally told the agriculture department that the company should lose its ability to use the organic label.

第二次通知在九月份就已发出，但直到次年二月四日该认证机构才最终向农业部告知该公司已失去使用有机食品标志的资格。

3·Thirdly, only such ability can have more time to find the real interpretation that tear paraphrasing.

只有这样才会有更多的时间去寻找诠释那一滴泪的真正释义。

4·These idea make poll head easily like cradlesong befuddled, now and then when sleeping lightly, ability him discovery deviated from right successful way has many far.

这些想法像催眠曲一样轻易让人头脑昏昏沉沉的，偶然惊醒的时候才发现自己背离了真正的成功之路有多远。

5·When you set your mind to insist to do whatever it takes not bottom, ability is qualified capricious.

当你下定决心无论如何都要坚持到坚持不下为止，才有资格任性。

才干

1·These results are a further proof of his outstanding ability.

这些成果进一步证明了他的杰出才干。《牛津词典》

2·Ability and hard work cinched his success.

才干与努力保证了他的成功。

3·But each man can act his part honestly and honourably, and to the best of his ability.

但每个人都可以扮演好自己在社会上的角色，诚实正直地做人，竭力地发挥他的才干。

4·Thee lack of life is not ability but ambition, not ability to succeed but hardworking will.

人生所缺乏的不是才干而是志向，不是成功的能力而是勤劳的意志。

5·What is lacking is not ability but ambition, not ability but hard work.

人所缺乏的不是才干而是志向，不是成功的能力而是勤劳的意志。 晵。

本事

1·Psychic ability is something we all possess to greater or lesser degrees, and it's something that can be consciously developed.

每个人都或多或少有些通灵的本事，而这种本事也可以通过努力得到开发。

2·What each has, it seems to me, is the ability to turn their personal lives into viral video.

对我来说，她们的本事就是把自己的私生活变成垃圾视频。

3·Footballer David Beckham's ability to polarize opinion has seen him included in both lists.

足球明星大卫•贝克汉姆在这两个排行榜上均有一席之地，全靠他有本事能让公众对他的评价两极分化。

4·Whether to get someone on board with an idea or if you're skilled at conveying an argument, every leader is known for their ability to compel others.

不管是说服别人同意你的想法还是辩论方面的技巧，每个领导人都有强迫别人赞同自己的本事。

5·Beautiful is your advantage, live beautiful is my ability.

长得漂亮是你们的优势，活得漂亮是我的本事。

能耐

1·Its front limbs were adapted to grasp and scurry up trees, an ability that must have come in handy when so many large ground animals were stomping around below and looking for dinner.

它的前肢适应了抓握功能，而且能快速爬上树木。当许多大型的陆生动物到处踩踏地面和寻找食物时，这种能耐就必须手到擒来。

2·Because only I have the ability.

因为只有我才有那能耐。

3·As long as there is a strong willpower, naturally will have the ability, wisdom and knowledge. - - Toy Jef J Ki.

只要有坚强的意志力，就自然而然地会有能耐、机灵和知识。 ——陀思妥耶夫斯基。

4· Old glory not letter: a silly little girl, can have much ability, I only half open mouth, can let down.

老荣不信：“一个黄毛丫头，能有多大能耐，我只用半张嘴，准能让哑口无言。”

5·Must by light and the tribute, lets the patient ability, the self-sensation comfortably for suitable.

要由轻及贡，让患者能耐受、自我感觉舒适为宜。

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