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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

有能力的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǒu néng lì de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capable/ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他是一个非常有能力的经理。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having the ability, fitness, or necessary quality to do something successfully.

    "She is a very capable manager who handles complex projects with ease."
  2. 2

    Competent; able to achieve things efficiently.

    "Even though he is young, he proved to be a fully capable technician."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word capable, via Old French from the Late Latin capabilis, stemming from Latin capere meaning 'to take' or 'to hold'. Historically evolving to describe having the room or capacity to hold something, it shifted in meaning to signify having the mental or physical ability to do something effectively.

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