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单词 potent
释义
potent
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adj

Potent means really strong, but not like a body builder. Use potent instead to describe things like intense smells, powerful magic potions, and very influential people.
From the Latin potentum, meaning “powerful,” potent is just that: having tremendous strength or influence in either a moral or physical sense. A potent question gets to the heart of the matter and sparks serious discussion. Really stiff drinks can be potent, as can your breath after a garlicky meal. And as the composer Igor Stravinsky once asked, "What force is more potent than love?"
WORD FAMILY
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USAGE EXAMPLES
India’s “demonetisation” is a cautionary tale of the reckless misuse of one of the most potent of policy tools: control over an economy’s money.
Economist(Dec 01, 2016)
And Republicans have exploited it as a potent symbol of what they have said is Obamacare’s dangerous expansion of government.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016)
The potent plant has been described as "green gold" for struggling farmers.
BBC(Nov 30, 2016)
1adj having or wielding force or authority
providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons
Syn
strong
powerful
having great power or force or potency or effect
2adj having great influence
Syn
powerful
influential
having or exercising influence or power
3adj having a strong physiological or chemical effect
a potent toxin
potent liquor
"a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink
Syn|Ant
stiff, strong
effective, effectual, efficacious
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
fertile
capable of reproducing
equipotent
having equal strength or efficacy
multipotent
able to many things
powerful
having great power or force or potency or effect
impotent
lacking power or ability
infertile, sterile, unfertile
incapable of reproducing
ineffective, ineffectual, unable
lacking in power or forcefulness
impuissant
lacking physical strength or vigor
powerless
lacking power
4adj (of a male) capable of copulation
Syn|Ant
virile
impotent
(of a male) unable to copulate
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