| 单词 | potentiate |
| 释义 | potentiate (once / 337695 pages) v WORD FAMILY potentiate: potentiated, potentiates, potentiation USAGE EXAMPLESIt is now known that many pairs of organic phosphate insecticides are highly dangerous, the toxicity being stepped up or “potentiated” through the combined action. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring(1962) Do criminal siblings somehow potentiate murderous tendencies in each other in ways an unrelated accomplice couldn’t? Time(Mar 23, 2016) As a result, she added, “you are getting all these other things that potentiate the caffeine.” New York Times(May 19, 2015) v increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) potentiate the drug Hyper enhance, heighten, raise increase |
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