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Potentate N Skill Latin Potentatus Pəutənteit N.统治者,当权者 英

单词 potentate
音标 ['pəutənteit]
解释 n.统治者,当权者
红宝书 【英】 n. 统治者,当权者(rule r, sovereign)
【考】 virtuoso : skill / potentate : power(鉴赏家有技能/统治 者有权力)反义词:subject(臣 民)
【记】 potent(力量)+ate→ 有力量的人
【例】 The potentate empire stretched across three continents.
字源 potentate (n.)
c.1400, from Old French potentat and directly from Late Latin potentatus "a ruler," also "political power," from Latin potentatus "might, power, rule, dominion," from potentem (nominative potens) "powerful" (see potent).
不择手段背单词 n. 统治者, 当权者ruler = sovereign = monarch
【记】pot力量, entate-有力量的人-统治者
【参】potency(n 力量); potent(adj 有力的); potential(adj 有潜力的)
【类】virtuoso: skill = potentate: power鉴赏家有技术 = 统治者有权力
【反】subject(n 学科; 臣民); powerless person(无势力的人)
趣味全助记 【记】potent 强有力的 + ate 吃,强权力的还好吃的→统治者

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