capable和competent的用法区别?!

2025-02-21 22:41:55
推荐回答(2个)
回答1:

这个提问非常好。
虽然两者是近义词并常被互换,它们有微妙的区别。用英语举个例子:
My 16-year-old daughter is CAPABLE of driving a car but that doesn’t mean I think of her as a COMPETENT driver.
换句话说
一个人可以 CAPABLE of doing SOMETHING (某事,一件事)但他/她未必是 COMPETENT in doing (= expected to be always capable of doing) that same thing.
即 Competence 有重复性、持久性,是全面的,整体的,而 Capable 是一次性,针对某个特定的任务的那种能力。

回答2:

首先两个词意思不是很相同。capable
表示有能力,competent更倾向于有能力作某项工作,胜任。
另外,结构也不一样。
be
capable
of
doing
sth.
be
competent
to
do
sth.
or
be
competent
for
sth.