capacity的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

capacity：容量，容积；能量，能力；接受力

词根词缀： -cap-拿 + -acity名词词尾

词义辨异：capacity 表示人的接受,理解等方面的能力,还可表示其它无生命事物的承受,容纳,装载能力。ability 指人办事等实际应用上的才能。

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