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单词 ability
释义
ability
noun[CorU]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
B1
thephysicalormentalpowerorskillneededto do something:
（体力或智力方面的）能力；才能，才智
There's nodoubtingher ability.她的能力毋庸置疑。
[+ to infinitive]Shehad theabilitytoexplainthingsclearlyandconcisely.她有能力简单扼要地把事情解释清楚。
She's a woman ofconsiderableabilities.她是个非常有才干的女性。
I havechildrenin myclassof verymixedabilities(= differentlevelsofskillorintelligence).我班里孩子们的能力参差不齐。
amixed-abilityclass不同能力水平的学生混编的班级
Synonyms
capability(ABILITY)
capacity
powers
More examples
  • He had nodoubtsabout his team's ability toreachtheWorldCupfinals.
  • Computerliteracyis now asessentialas the ability todriveacar.
  • Organizational ability isessentialin a goodmanager.
  • Man's ability totalkmakes himunlikeany otheranimal.
  • All thechildrenaretaughttogether in oneclass,regardlessoftheirability.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Skill, talent and ability
  • accomplishment
  • accuracy
  • acumen
  • adroitness
  • aptitude
  • chop
  • endowment
  • forte
  • functional skills
  • functioning
  • genius
  • gift
  • non-technical
  • polish
  • prestidigitation
  • proficiency
  • prowess
  • speciality
  • wizardry
  • workmanship
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-ability
suffix
uk
/-ə.bɪl.ə.ti/us
/-ə.bɪl.ə.t̬i/
(alsoibility)
used toformnounsfromadjectivesendingin "-able" tomeanthequalityof being thestatedadjective:
（用于把以 -able 或 -ible 结尾的形容词转化为名词，表示这些形容词具有的特性）…性
suitability适宜性
vulnerability脆弱性
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Conditions and characteristics
  • -ance
  • -ancy
  • -ibility
  • age
  • ambience
  • appearance
  • attribute
  • character
  • hood
  • humanity
  • in
  • in the shape ofsomethingidiom
  • presentation
  • respect
  • shape
  • trappings
  • unaffiliated
  • undercurrent
  • undertone
  • vibe
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(Definition ofabilityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ability| American Dictionary

ability
noun[C/U]
us
/əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
thementalorphysicalpowerorskillneededto do something:
[U]They should not be taking in somebody they don't have the ability tocarefor.
[C]Herteammatesrespecther abilities.
(Definition ofabilityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

ability| Business English

ability
noun[CorU]
uk
/əˈbɪləti/us
thepowerorskillneededto do something, or thefactthat someone isableto do something:
There's nodoubtingher ability.
the ability to do sthA goodleaderhas the ability tomotivatepeople.
We likeouremployeesto have abroadrangeof abilities, not just goodqualifications.
(Definition ofabilityfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofability

ability
Theabilityto manipulate speech sounds depends on knowing alphabetic writing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This condition thus permitted us to measure the influence of performing two mental operations on the storage abilities of the children.
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Coordination problems abound, and their solutions are facilitated when players have theabilityto quickly acquire expectations about fellow players' behavior.
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The change trials tested the participants'abilityto respond appropriately to relevant phonetic differences between tokens and distinguish stops drawn from two different categories.
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At first, infants display discriminatory abilities which span a broad range of phonetic pairs.
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This is because their phoneticabilityis low and their functional knowledge (in terms of the recoverability principle) is not yet developed.
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In conjunction, these properties of social-psychological research have impeded the development of theories with explanatory power and theabilityto generate novel and nontrivial hypotheses.
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No discrepancy in theabilityto define anatomic structure was encountered for the body or outflow regions of the right ventricle.
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The insula and temporal gyrus regions are also linked to verbal and language abilities.
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Theabilityof this numerical method to consider non-isotropic initial data represents a decided advantage over other approaches.
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Where communities are less well organized, theabilityto use events to improve policy is reduced, even if policy making appears to be event-driven.
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Could it account for language acquisition and theabilityto talk about things that are far removed in time and space?
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We made four predictions about the possible roles of group differences, perceptual- motorability, task difficulty, and chronological age in nonlinguistic performance.
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The biofilm's physical properties play important roles in controlling its metabolic activity and itsabilityto adhere to the substratum and itself.
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By teaching useful strategies in the four skill areas, students will have theabilityand confidence needed to decode the target language.
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Collocationswithability

ability

These are words often used in combination withability.

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academic ability
The influence of both infant attachment security and 4-year attachment security on child competence andacademicabilitywas examined first.
From theCambridge English Corpus
acting ability
He was fascinated by the stage, learning everything from set construction to stage production, and embarrassed by his acting ability.
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amazing ability
Given theamazingabilityof bacteria to acquire resistance from other bacteria, it appears that from society's standpoint the development of antibiotic resistance is inexorable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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