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单词 potential
释义
potential
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If you can describe something as possible but not yet actual, choose the adjective potential. Companies try to reach potential customers through advertising.
Potential, from the Latin potentia "power," sounds more complicated than it is. It describes something or someone that has the power to become something. A potential success is not yet a success but could be if circumstances are right. When a situation has the potential for disaster, it could turn bad easily. You have potential if you have a natural but undeveloped ability to do something and a building with potential will be really nice once it's fixed up.
WORD FAMILY
potential: potentiality, potentially, potentials+/impotence: impotences/impotency: impotencies/impotent: impotence, impotency, impotenter, impotently/potency: potencies, potential, prepotency/potent: impotent, potency, potenter, potentest, potently/potentiality: potentialities
USAGE EXAMPLES
They say all potential revenue increases should be on the table, including raising the gas tax and imposing tolls.
Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017)
Decoding a genome now runs between a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, spawning a flurry of potential new applications.
Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)
Occasionally, the drugs provoke a severe auto-immune response, resulting in potential toxicities including inflammatory lung, liver and thyroid disorders.
Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017)
1adj existing in possibility
a potential problem
Syn|Ant
possible
latent
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
actual, existent
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
effective
existing in fact; not theoretical; real
2adj expected to become or be; in prospect
potential clients
Syn
likely
prospective
of or concerned with or related to the future
3n the inherent capacity for coming into being
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
potency, potentiality
latency
the state of being not yet evident or active
chance, prospect
the possibility of future success
possibility, possibleness
capability of existing or happening or being true
4n the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
evoked potential
the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus
resting potential
the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
electrical phenomenon
a physical phenomenon involving electricity
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