| 单词 | latent |
| 释义 | la·tent I. 1. a. < the perennial vitality latent in tradition — J.L.Lowes > < the heat latent in firewood — Laurence Binyon > < a small fraction of his latent capacities — Quincy Howe > < in the first innovations the germs of all subsequent improvements were latent — Henry Orenstein > < his sinister qualities, formerly latent, quickened into life — Thomas Hardy > < all the latent brutality, degradation and stupidity of a small American mining or industrial town — H.F.West > < the latent meaning of dreams — G.S.Blum > < the vast resources said to be latent in the desert — Atlantic > b. < some of the lily mosaics may survive for years as latent viruses in insusceptible strains > < a latent virus of the red raspberry that is highly destructive to blackcaps > < a latent infection > c. of a fingerprint < use a reading glass or common magnifying glass to search for latent prints — D.K.Fitch > 2. Synonyms: < the heat latent in coal — G.B.Shaw > < a latent tenderness which breaks out at last in the story of Griseldis — J.R.Green > < the latent uneasiness in Darnay's mind was roused to vigorous life by this letter — Charles Dickens > < the theological passage of arms, which brought out all her latent antagonism to the prejudiced young pietist — Israel Zangwill > dormant indicates that which is quite inactive, as though sleeping, but which may be awakened later into significant activity or effect < though this strength pervaded every action of his, it seemed but the advertisement of a greater strength that lurked within, that lay dormant and no more than stirred from time to time, but which might arouse, at any moment, terrible and compelling — Jack London > < that haunting fear of being drowned in a confined space which lies dormant in the mind of most seamen — F.W.Crofts > < the purchasing power of workers newly employed revived demands dormant for many years and stimulated a gigantic outpouring of goods — Oscar Handlin > quiescent stresses the fact of inactivity at the time in question, without necessary implications of causes or of past or future activity < a flare-up in the now quiescent struggle between the two Chinas — New Republic > < somewhat quiescent during the winter, the city takes on a new tempo with the coming of summer — American Guide Series: Michigan > < simple insects, which we shall have to call collembolas, were difficult to capture. They leaped with agility many times their own length, and when quiescent looked like bits of fungus — William Beebe > potential applies to that which does not at the time under consideration have being, essence, character, or effect as indicated but which is likely in time to have that being or effect < thousands of people in rural districts who constitute a potential labor supply for new factories — American Guide Series: Virginia > < yet such figures can be misleading in that they indicate potential rather than actual strength — D.W.Mitchell > < if narcotic addiction is to be eliminated, the potential addicts must be reached before they are exposed — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel > abeyant and the more common in abeyance indicate the fact of current inactivity, of not being used, implemented, caused, or allowed to function at the time under consideration < a lurking and abeyant fear — Edith Wharton > < until all danger of counterrevolution should have been removed, personal rights and liberties would have to be kept strictly in abeyance — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > < the union has put its strike threat in abeyance and evidently will stay on the job as long as government possession lasts — New York Times > II. < compared the prints with those of the latents — Erle Stanley Gardner > |
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