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potential

/pəˈtenʃ(ə)l/ /pəˈtenʃ(ə)l/
  • adj.
    潜在的,可能的
  • n.
    (事物的)潜力,可能性;(人的)潜能,潜力;电势,电位,电压
复数potentials
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词语例句

  1. 潜在的,可能的adj.

    四级六级
    • First we need to identify actual and potential problems.

      首先,我们需要弄清实际的问题和潜在的问题。

    • Most of them engage with potential donors, since projects that answered questions from interested donors fared better.

      他们中的大多数都与潜在的捐助者有过接触,因为回答相关捐助者问题的项目有了进一步发展。

    • That institute examined a wider range of potential problems for humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.

      该研究所研究了更广泛的人类潜在的问题,而 LCFI 的关注范围很窄。

  2. (事物的)潜力,可能性un.

    六级四级
    • The European marketplace offers excellent potential for increasing sales.

      欧洲市场带来了扩销的大好机遇。

    • The study concluded, "Such distractions have the potential to be disastrous."

      研究推断:“这样的干扰有可能是灾难性的。”

    • More companies are learning the importance of destructive technologies—innovations that hold the potential to make a product line, or even an entire business segment, virtually outdated.

      越来越多的公司正在意识到变革性技术的重要性,它几乎可能令一条产品线、甚至是整个业务部门都因过时而被淘汰。

  3. (人的)潜能,潜力un.

    • All children should be encouraged to realize their full potential.

      应当鼓励所有的儿童充分发挥他们的潜能。

    • Reading leadership literature, you'd sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader.

      阅读有关领导力的文献时,你有时会认为每个人都有成为高效领导者的潜力。

    • The conception that everyone has a right to an education appropriate to his potential is a highly democratic and compassionate standard.

      每个人都有权接受与其潜能相适应的教育,这种观念是一种高度民主和富有同情心的标准。

  4. 电势,电位,电压n.

    • We need to buy an instrument to measure the changing electrical potentials.

      我们需要买一台仪器来测量电势变化。

    • We need to record the change in gravitational potential.

      我们需要记录重力势的变化。

  1. Their potential is unrealized.
    他们没有发挥出潜力。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. The boy has great potential.
    这个男孩有很大的潜力。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. The house has a lot of potential.
    这所房子颇具潜力。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • potential energy
    位能;势场;能够转化成动能
  • action potential
    动作电位;动诅位;动作电势;电活动
  • potential flow
    势流位流;位势流
  • membrane potential
    膜电位;跨膜电位;膜电势;薄膜电位
  • scalar potential
    标量势;纯量势;标量位;标位

词语扩展

n.
潜能;可能性;[电]电势
adj.
潜在的;可能的;势的
adv.
potentially可能地,潜在地
n.
potentiality潜力;可能性
  • latent/potential
    • latent指存在但看不见的现象或潜在的性质。
    • potential强调潜在的可能性或能力。

词义分布

潜在
45.9%
潜力
28.1%
可能的
8.9%
潜能
6.8%
3.5%
电位
3.5%
可能性
1.7%
潜质
0.8%
电势
0.6%
有潜力的
0.2%

英英释义

  • n.the inherent capacity for coming into being
  • n.the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
  • adj.existing in possibility
  • adj.expected to become or be; in prospect
  1. adj.
    used for saying that someone or something could become a particular type of person or thing
    潜在的;可能的
    • The company has identified 60 potential customers.
      这家公司找到了60位潜在客户。
    • We are aware of the potential problems.
      我们意识到了潜在的问题。
  2. n.
    the possibility that someone or something could become successful or useful in the future
    潜能;潜力;潜质
    • The boy has great potential.
      这个男孩非常有潜质。

词源

  • potential潜在的,可能的,势的,位的
    词根词缀: -pot- 能够 + -ent 形容词后缀 + -ial 形容词后缀
  • 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。