政治生活的若干准则:ability用法说明

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ability
用法说明

 

1. 表示“能力”、“能够”,多为不可数名词;表示“才能”、“才干”,多用复数形式。如:

He is a man of ability. 他是位有能力的人。

He is a man of many ablilities. 他是位多才多艺的人。

2. 表示有能力做某事或具有做某事的能力等,其后通常要接不定式。如:

He has the ability to speak English fluently. 他能流利地说英语。

The ability to be clearly heard is extremely importantfor newsreaders. 声音宏亮清晰对新闻广播员来说极为重要。

但在现代英语中,也可后接 of doing sth(不如接不定式普遍,建议初学者谨用)。如:

I admire his ability of doing the work quickly. 我羡慕他工作做得快。

3. ability的反义词是inability,不是disability——inability表示没有能力或没有才能,而disability则指因先天缺陷或受伤变残而导致的无能。如:

Physical disability causes mental anguish. 生理伤残会引起心理苦闷。

His inability to speak French puts him at a disadvantage. 他不会说法语,这使他很吃亏。