capacity n. 1.包容力,吸收力,收容力。 2.容积,容量;【电学】电容,负载量。 3.能力,才干,本领;性能,机能。 4.地位,资格,身分。 5.【法律】法定资格,权力,权能。 6.生产额;(最大)产量[生产力]。 measures of capacity容积,容量。 a mind of great capacity度量大的人。 the crop capacity作物(最大)生产力〔单位面积产量〕。 capacity crowd 〔美国〕满座的观众。 be filled to capacity客满。 capacity for heat 热容量。 capacity to action 【法律】诉讼能力。 be in capacity法 律上有资格。 capacity tonnage 载重量,吨位。 capacity house 〔美国〕客满的戏院。 in a civil capacity以市民身分。 in my individual capacity以我个人身分。 in one's capacity as (a critic) 以(批评家)的立场[身分]。 to the utmost of one's capacity尽自己所能。
The pollution problems of the rivers and streams in that region have accordingly improved considerably in the past decade . however , as the base flow of local rivers and streams is generally small , their assimilative capacity is therefore low . this , coupled with the continued development and hence population growth in the river catchments , as well as the lack of maintenance of many private septic tank systems , has caused the water quality of some rivers and streams in the northwest new territories to remain unsatisfactory 而溪流的污染情况在过去的十年间亦因此而有所改善,但由于本地河溪的流速相当慢,河流的自净能力相对偏低,而河溪的周边不断发展,人口持续增加,加上部分私人的化粪池系统欠缺打理,未能有效运作,所以新界西北仍有部份河溪水质未如理想。
百科解释
Assimilative capacity refers to the ability of a body of water to cleanse itself; its capacity to