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Potential Latin 1265.Potential 英 Pəˈtenʃl]美 Pə'Tɛnʃl 释义 N

正面 1265.potential
英 [pəˈtenʃl]美 [pə'tɛnʃl]

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释义:
n. 潜能;可能性;[电] 电势adj. 潜在的;可能的;势的
例句:
1. They identified six plants as having potential for development into pharmaceutical drugs.他们验明6种植物有可能提炼出药物麻醉剂。

1. po(t):罐子 ent:进入-进到罐子中(阿拉丁-神灯中),说明是潜力.
potential 潜力,潜在的,可能的来自potent,强大的,有力的,-al,形容词后缀。引申词义潜力,潜在的,可能的。
potential (adj.)late 14c., "possible" (as opposed to actual), from Old French potenciel and directly from Late Latin potentialis "potential," from Latin potentia "power, might, force;" figuratively "political power, authority, influence," from potens "powerful" (see potent). The noun, meaning "that which is possible," is first attested 1817, from the adjective."

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