| 单词 | potency |
| 释义 | potency (once / 178 pages) n Use the noun potency when you're talking about the strength of something. You could refer to the potency of a drug or the potency of a political leader. Potency is an official measurement in pharmacology, or the science of prescribing drugs. It's also useful for describing a person's power or authority over others. The Latin root word is potentia, or "power," and its origin goes all the way back to the Sanskrit word for "master or husband," patih. The word potency has historically been associated with men, but it's fine to use it to describe a woman's power too. WORD FAMILYpotency: potencies, potential, prepotency+/impotence: impotences/impotency: impotencies/impotent: impotence, impotency, impotenter, impotently/potent: impotent, potency, potenter, potentest, potently/potential: potentiality, potentially, potentials/potentiality: potentialities USAGE EXAMPLESTraditionally one of the nation’s stingiest teams, Florida State had developed an offensive potency to augment its taut defense. Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016) Participants agreed that the WHO definition was adequate, and that potency is not relevant to the identification of hazards such as EDCs. Nature(Nov 21, 2016) But I don’t know how anyone could credibly deny the potency of Jones’s burly, urging voice. The New Yorker(Nov 19, 2016) 1n the power or right to give orders or make decisions a place of potency in the state Syn|Hypo|Hyper authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, say-so power of appointment authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property carte blanchecomplete freedom or authority to act commandthe power or authority to command imperiumsupreme authority; absolute dominion lordshipthe authority of a lord muscleauthority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) sovereigntythe authority of a state to govern another state control power to direct or determine 2n capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects the toxin's potency Syn|Hyper effectiveness, strength power, powerfulness possession of controlling influence 3n the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse Syn|Ant|Hyper potence impotence, impotency an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions 4n the inherent capacity for coming into being Syn|Hypo|Hyper potential, potentiality latency the state of being not yet evident or active chance, prospectthe possibility of future success possibility, possibleness capability of existing or happening or being true |
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