capacity: translation
noun
1 amount held/produced
ADJECTIVE
▪ high, large
▪ a high-capacity electric pump
▪ large-capacity disk drives
▪ limited, small
▪ maximum, total
▪ a total capacity of 10 gallons
▪ additional, excess, spare
▪ excess capacity in the oil industry
▪ carrying, production, seating, storage
▪ nuclear
▪ lung
▪ engine, fuel
▪ disk, memory
▪ economic, productive
▪ earning
▪ The qualification should increase my earning capacity.
VERB + CAPACITY
▪ have
▪ expand, increase
▪ reduce
CAPACITY + NOUN
▪ audience, crowd
PREPOSITION
▪ at capacity
▪ The system was already at capacity.
PHRASES
▪ be filled to capacity, be packed to capacity
▪ The stadium was filled to capacity (= was full).
▪ operate at full capacity, work at full capacity (= to produce the maximum amount possible)
2 ability
ADJECTIVE
▪ amazing, enormous, great, infinite, remarkable
▪ limited
▪ innate, natural
▪ Children have an innate capacity to understand language.
▪ intellectual, mental
▪ human
▪ the human capacity for compassion
VERB + CAPACITY
▪ demonstrate, have, possess
▪ develop
▪ lack, lose
▪ She seems to have lost the capacity to enjoy herself.
▪ enhance, increase
▪ reduce, restrict
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond sb's capacity
▪ These questions are beyond the capacity of most students.
▪ within sb's capacity
▪ The mountain walk is well within the capacity of most fit people.
▪ capacity for
▪ her amazing capacity for organization
3 official position
ADJECTIVE
▪ official
▪ personal, private, unofficial (esp.BrE)
▪ professional
▪ voluntary (esp. BrE)
▪ acting, caretaker (BrE)
▪ advisory
▪ judicial (esp. BrE)
VERB + CAPACITY
▪ act in, work in
▪ I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.
PREPOSITION
▪ in your capacity
▪ In my capacity as president, I would like to thank Jack for his hard work.