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• ability   /əˈbɪləti/ DJ   /ə'bɪlətɪ/ KK
  • noun
    • 能力 the fact that somebody/something is able to do somethingsingular ~ to do sth
      • 该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。 The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time.
      • 无论支付能力如何，每个人都有权得到良好的医疗照顾。 Everyone has the right to good medical care regardless of their ability to pay.
      • 和缓的运动锻炼会提高自我放松的能力。 A gentle form of exercise will increase your ability to relax.
      • See also:
        inability Antonym
    • 才能；本领；才智 a level of skill or intelligencecountable uncountable
      • 几乎人人都有一些音乐才能。 Almost everyone has some musical ability.
      • 他才干卓著。 He was a man of extraordinary abilities.
      • 能力各不相同的学生 students of mixed abilities
      • 有她那样才能的妇女找工作不难。 A woman of her ability will easily find a job.
      • 我尽全力做好我的工作。 I try to do my job to the best of my ability(= as well as I can).

English dictionary

• a·bil·i·ty
  • The capacity to do something
  • Talent that enables someone to achieve a great deal
  • (in the context of education) A level of mental power

Related phrases

• mixed-ability
  学生能力不一的；为各种水平的学生的
• mixed ability
  (班级、教学法等)不分程度差异的,混合编制的
• to the best of one's ability
  就自己能力所及

Synonyms

• noun: capacity, faculty, competence, aptitude, skill, power, talent, competency, facility, proficiency

Web translations

Usage examples

• "Mark will definitely be out for this week's game," Saban said. "We will make every decision in the future based on what's best for Mark and his career. This is not an injury that will affect Mark's future ability to make a full recovery in a...
  Aug 31, 2010 -  Nick Saban -  Bloomberg
• "We put the roster together in the best interest of our football team, the best way in which we felt would possibly balance off our numbers and still be very much aware the way in which you would rank the ability level of all the players on the...
  Sep 4, 2010 -  Tom Coughlin -  ESPN
• "What Judge Walker's ruling means is you can sponsor a proposition, direct it, research it, work for it, raise $40 million for it, get it on a ballot, successfully campaign for it and then have no ability to defend it independently in court,"...
  Aug 13, 2010 -  Dale Carpenter -  The Associated Press

Web definitions

• • the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• • possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• • The Ability (1878) was a wooden Ketch that was wrecked at Cape Hawke, New South Wales on the 1 May 1897. In company with four other sailing ships, the Ability had taken shelter in Cape Hawke Bay, off the Forster Main Beach. ...
    
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ability_(1878)