Capable

(adj.) (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; 'capable of winning'; 'capable of hard work'; 'capable of walking on two feet' .

(adj.) (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for; 'no one believed her capable of murder' .

(adj.) possibly accepting or permitting; 'a passage capable of misinterpretation'; 'open to interpretation'; 'an issue open to question'; 'the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation' .

校对:马尔科姆

• Is there some one in La Granja capable of this? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Searchlights have recently been made capable of being seen nearly a hundred miles away. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Such an arrangement of wire is known as a helix or solenoid, and is capable of lifting or pulling larger and more numerous filings and even good-sized pieces of iron, such as tacks. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• You know now what James Barclay was capable of. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He was a great genius, and a noble character, yet hardly capable of feeling or understanding anything external to his own theology. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The new life, on the other hand, was before all things capable of resisting great changes of temperature. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It seemed to Fred that if Mr. Farebrother had had a beak and talons instead of his very capable tongue, his mode of attack could hardly be more cruel. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I was capable of much; but I have been injured and blighted and crushed by things beyond my control! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Naturally, Mr. Hall’s first thought on his return to Chicago was to induce Mr. Duncan to build a larger model, capable of greater speed and greater output. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Only the most powerful electric furnaces are capable of performing this work. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Sherry wine,' returned Mr Riderhood, in the same sharp tone, 'if you're capable of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Edison constructed a primitive machine capable of recording and reproducing sounds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Defoe could not think that God Almighty had made women so glorious, with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men, and all to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But there were times even to the end when he was capable of realising what was happening to him in the present, the death that was on him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It moved every feeling of wonder and awe, that the picture of an omnipotent God warring with his creatures was capable of exciting. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• This model showed itself capable of traveling at high speed on a single rail, rounding sharp curves and even traversing with ease a wire cable hung in the air. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But who would have imagined, said he, that Franklin was capable of such a performance; such painting, such force, such fire! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I say again, Madame was a very great and a very capable woman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But I am not capable--and I add nothing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• One of Lydgate's gifts was a voice habitually deep and sonorous, yet capable of becoming very low and gentle at the right moment. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Do you imagine that this anaemic youth was capable of so frightful an assault? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• People only do what they want to do--and what they are capable of doing. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• She has nursed me by day and a hired nurse has looked after me by night, for in my mad fits I was capable of anything. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• She knows that the King is capable of having her waylaid and searched. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• What is called inner is simply that which does not connect with others--which is not capable of free and full communication. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

校对:斯宾塞