capacitate

• 使某人具备能力或资格，赋予其权力或条件去完成某项任务或担任某个角色。

An obsolete verb meaning to make capable or to enable; to qualify or empower someone for a particular task or role.

1. Make legally capableC2formallegal

   To qualify or make someone legally competent or authorized to perform a specific act.

   授权

   • The court's ruling will capacitate him to act as executor of the estate.
   • New legislation was passed to capacitate citizens to vote by mail.
   • The document serves to capacitate the agent to sign contracts on behalf of the company.

   同义词authorizeempowerenableentitlelicensequalifysanctionwarrant

   反义词decertifydisabledisenabledisqualifyincapacitate

2. Sperm capacitationC2formalmedical

   To cause spermatozoa to undergo the physiological changes necessary to become capable of fertilizing an egg.

   使精子获能

   • The laboratory conditions are designed to capacitate the sperm cells.
   • Researchers studied the proteins that capacitate sperm for fertilization.
   • The process to capacitate sperm takes several hours in the female reproductive tract.

3. Make capableC2formal

   To enable or empower someone or something to function or perform effectively.

   使有能力

   • The training program aims to capacitate employees with new skills.
   • Education should capacitate individuals to think critically.
   • Proper resources can capacitate a team to achieve ambitious goals.

   同义词authorizeempowerenableequipfacilitatequalify

   反义词crippledebilitatedisableincapacitateparalyze