名 ability，capability，[物] energy，power；形 able，capable；动 can，be able to；

[例句] 对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有勇气作出改变。 If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.

[例句] 他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。 He could just about see the little man behind the counter.

function ；

[例句] 它同时满足了用户在功能和情感上的需求。 It satisfies the user's requirements both functionally and emotionally.

[例句] 你的便携式摄像机应该具备以下基本功能：自动聚焦、回放功能、变焦镜头。 Your camcorder should have these basic features: autofocus, playback facility, zoom lens.

ability，capacity，capability；

[例句] 公众从来不相信他有能力胜任这一职位。 The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.

[例句] 父辈们有能力支配孩子们和年轻人的生活。 Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people.

[物] energy，amount of energy，capabilities，capacity；

[例句] 该物质可以吸收地球向外辐射的能量。 The material can absorb outward-going radiation from the Earth.

[例句] 这颗人造卫星将用来研究恒星的能量辐射。 The satellite will study energy radiation from stars.

function (of a machine, etc.)，performance，property，nature，capability ；

[例句] 这款相机既坚固耐用，又有超凡的光学性能和快门速度。 The camera combines rugged reliability with unequalled optical performance and speed.

[例句] 上校命令道：“尽快给我找两台性能好的发动机来。” The colonel ordered, "I want two good engines down here asap."

[体] all-round，[生] totipotent，almightiness，omnipotence ；

[例句] 他是一名全能的记者。 He was the complete all-round journalist.

[例句] 他是个出色的全能运动员。 He is a great all-round player.

possible，probable，probably，maybe，perhaps；

[例句] 奇迹就是看似不可能，却发生了。 A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.

[例句] 他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。 He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.

intelligence，intelligent，brain power，noopsyche；

[例句] 智能计算机将成为医生不可或缺的诊断工具。 An intelligent computer will be an indispensable diagnostic tool for doctors.

[例句] 智能的锻炼同身体的运动同样重要. Exercise of the mental faculties is as important as bodily excercise.

atomic energy，A-energy，the atom ；

[例句] 我们应该参与原子能的和平应用. We should take part in the peaceful uses of atomic energy.

[例句] 原子能可以用来发电. The power of the atom can be used to produce electricity.

[生] function，enginery ；

[例句] 这种搅拌机能搅拌出稀薄、柔滑、质地均匀的面糊。 This kind of mixer produces light, silky, even-textured batters.

[例句] 该直升机能以每小时150公里左右的速度疾进。 The helicopter can zip along at about 150 kilometres an hour.

technical ability，skill，technique，art，craftsmanship ；

[例句] 他津津乐道于员工的技能和敬业精神。 He waxed lyrical about the skills and commitment of his employees.

[例句] 对质量孜孜不倦的追求使他的技能出类拔萃。 Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.

visibility，conspicurity，seeing ；

[例句] 能见度很差。 Visibility was poor.

[例句] 能见度为。019。 The visibility readout is .019.

(organic) function，sense ；

[例句] 金博士是语言官能治疗专家. Doctor King is a speech therapist.

[例句] 嗅觉是一种非常基本的官能，但人类已经丧失了恰当使用这种官能的大部分能力。 Smell is a very basic sense but humans have lost much of the facility to use it properly.

（才智和能力） talent，ability，gift，aptitude，aptness ；

[例句] 决定你人生高度的，不是你的才能，而是你的态度。 Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar

[例句] 事业要成功，才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。 Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.

instinct，born ability，appetence，appetency，[电影]Basic Instinct；

[例句] 他本能的反应会是寻求与民族主义者取得新的和解。 His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists.

[例句] 当被别人弄疼时我们本能的反应是反击。 Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back.

[物] potential energy，static energy ；

[例句] 存在着许多势能和动能的能源. There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic.

[例句] 最大势能和总能量是 多少 ? What are the maximum potential energy and the total energy?

dab，expert，crackajack，proficient，fiend ；

[例句] 他们天生就是能说会道的推销能手。 They are naturally good salesmen with the gift of the gab.

[例句] 比尔不仅是个游泳好手,而且是个烹调能手. Bill is both a good swimmer and a good cook.

potency，efficacy，usefulness，effect，efficiency ；

[例句] 看不见的手的效能必然要相应地降低. The virtues of the invisible hand must be that much discounted.

[例句] 然而, 它不需要被吸收的水汽层来发挥效能. However, it does not require an absorbed vapour layer to become effective.

can，be able to，be capable of，in a position to ；

[例句] 他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。 He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities.

[例句] 心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。 Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes.

incompetent，incapable，crippledom，cripplehood，disability ；

[例句] 马特软弱无能且依赖性强，但我们照样爱他。 Matt is weak and dependent, but you love him all the same.

[例句] 懒惰兼无能的警官令公众失望。 Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down.