知识点1:ABLE和CAPABLE的区别

standing great pressure。玻璃尽管一击就碎,但却能承受很大的压力。
④able后接动词不定式;而 capable接“of+动名词”。例如:
[1]不定式,动名词,相关知识点look forward to词组中的to是介词,所以其后要加名词或动名词,不能接不定式。[误] I'm looking forward to see you.[正] I'm looking forward to seeing you.[析] look forward to词组中的to是介词,所以其后要加名词或动名词,不能接不定式。
Owls are able to see in the dark。猫头鹰能在黑暗中看见东西
The company was not capable of handling such a large order.
公司没有能力处理这样一大宗订货。
测试:
用able或 capable填空:
1、 Most children are________ to walk before they are able to talk.
2、 Joan is ________of leadership.
答案: ①able ② capable
知识点2:able和capable的用法区别

capable常用句型:be capable of doing sth 某人有能力做某事,看下面例句:
We should be capable of facing with all difficulties at critical moments.
在关键时刻,我们应该有能力面对一切困难.
注意:able 的反义词是unable.
capable的反义词是incapable
capable单词相关例句:He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance. William Faulkner, American writer——我之不朽不是因为在动物中唯独地永远能发言,而是因为他有灵魂、有同情心、有牺牲和忍耐精神。 美国作家 福克纳 .W .
Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; can transfer knowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions .Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all man's actions , Do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy.Sigmund Freud, German Psychiatrist——言辞具有不可思议的力量。他们能带来最大的幸福,也能带来最深的失望;能把知识从教师传给学生;言辞能使演说者左右他的听众,,并强行代替他们作出决定。言辞能激起最大强烈的情感,促进人的一切行动。不要嘲笑言辞在心理治疗当中的的用途。德国精神分析学家 弗洛伊德 Snorman——
She is my most capable student.
她是我最有才能的学生。
Our position is capable of improvement.
我们的处境是可以改善的。
He demanded that they be better more candid, more equable, more capable of seeing.
只要求人比实际高尚些--更正直,更平心静气,更能辨别是非。
The pumps shall be capable of handling silt & sand.
这个泵应该有能力处理淤泥和沙子。
Our main target is to reach the capable buyers all over planet irrespective of nation or continent.
我们的主要目标是要达到有能力的买家超过所有的星球,不论国家或大陆。
Narrator: On September 3rd 1973, at 6:28pm and 32 seconds, a bluebottle fly capable of 14, 670 wing beats a minute landed on Rue St Vincent, Montmartre.
画外音:在1973年9月3日下午6点28分32秒,一只蓝丽蝇以每分钟能够扇动14,670次的频率降落到蒙马特的圣文森路。
His wife, Electra, was a capable helpmeet.
他的妻子爱勒克特是个能干的内助。
I can re-note (came to know) Tony is (as) a versemonger (very smart) and capable man.
一直以来我知道托尼是一个非常聪明有能力的人。
able单词相关例句:Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable todistinguish what is worth reading.
Let early education be a sort of a musement; you will then be bette able to find out the natural bent.——Plato, ancient Greek Philosophe初期教育应是一种娱乐,这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。古希腊哲学家 柏拉图
Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .——(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;伦理使人庄重;逻辑修辞学使人善辨。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)
Perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life.——Alan Loy Mcginnis ,British writer或许你不能支配自己的工作,但你能够使生活发生转变。英国作家 麦金尼斯 A L
Where the press is free and every man able to read ,all is free .——Tshomas Jefferson,American PresidentA penny saved is a penny gained.Richard Brckminster Fuller.American srchitect 省下一分钱等于得到一分钱。美国建筑师富勒.R.B.
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and ,need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?Friedrich W.Nietzsche, German philosopher——所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞:用脚跳舞,用思想跳舞,用言语跳舞,不用说,还需用笔跳舞。德国哲学家 尼采 F
Be able to be alone.Lose not the advantage of solitude. 要有单独自处的能力,不要放过孤寂的好处。
Now he is able to walk without the help of crutches.
现在他能够脱离拐杖走路了。
Children are able to learn more quickly and retain more knowledge than adults.
小孩子能比大人学的更快更多。
We are able to cater for weddings, parties and banquets.
我们能为婚礼,派对还有宴席提供餐饮。