| 英语单词 | potentially |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [pə'tenʃəli] 美 [pə'tenʃəli] |
| 中文释义 | adv.潜在地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Both options could potentially result in lost data. (2) Autowiring can potentially save some typing and reduce clutter. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这两种选择都可能潜在地导致数据丢失。 (2) 自动绑定可以潜在地节省一些打字和减少一些混乱。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use the adverb potentially to describe something that could happen or might be true. Your backyard leaf burning project, for example, is potentially dangerous. |
| vocabulary扩展 | When there's a possibility of something occurring or becoming reality, use the word potentially. All babies are potentially geniuses, and you might optimistically watch new TV comedies every fall in the belief that they're potentially funny. In other words, babies might turn out to be brilliant, and TV shows have the possibility of making you laugh out loud. The root word here is potential, from the Latin potentia, "power, might or force." |
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