potent

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpotentpo‧tent /ˈpəʊtənt $ ˈpoʊ-/ adjective 1 EFFECT/INFLUENCEPOWERhaving a very powerful effect or influence on your body or mind SYN powerful potent drugs a potent symbol of oppression Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit. A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff.2 EFFECTIVEpowerful and effective The treaty requires them to get rid of their most potent weapons.3 a man who is potent is able to have sex or able to make a woman pregnant OPP impotent —potently adverbExamples from the Corpuspotent• What we found was sometimes tremendously potent and sometimes confounding.• Its human story is at least as potent as the visual energy that drives it.• The combination of early breakfast, exhaust fumes and nerves is a potent cocktail!• unusually potent drugs• His speech had a potent emotional impact.• The idea, which smacks of Milton, was potent in the age.• They have a genuine and potent social power.• The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.• Is he so bloody potent that he can thump you and make love to you and you let him do it?• potent weaponspotent force• The feeling that Hawaii had been unlawfully possessed by the United States was still a potent force.• Technology drives changes Technological change is one of the most potent forces for upsetting existing industry structures.• Evangelicalism became an especially potent force in the attack on traditional pastimes.• Losing the potent force of Murdo MacLeod can not be used as an excuse, either.• Alesi will be a potent force, particularly if the Michelin tyres work well in the rain.• These three potent forces - people, technology and competition - mean that industry can not afford to become institutionalized.• But religious righteousness has been a more potent force than economic despair.Origin potent (1400-1500) Latin present participle of potere “to be powerful”

单词	potent
释义	potent From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpotentpo‧tent /ˈpəʊtənt $ ˈpoʊ-/ ●○○ adjective 1 EFFECT/INFLUENCEPOWERhaving a very powerful effect or influence on your body or mind SYN powerful potent drugs a potent symbol of oppression Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit. A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff.2 EFFECTIVEpowerful and effective The treaty requires them to get rid of their most potent weapons.3 a man who is potent is able to have sex or able to make a woman pregnant OPP impotent —potently adverbExamples from the Corpuspotent• What we found was sometimes tremendously potent and sometimes confounding.• Its human story is at least as potent as the visual energy that drives it.• The combination of early breakfast, exhaust fumes and nerves is a potent cocktail!• unusually potent drugs• His speech had a potent emotional impact.• The idea, which smacks of Milton, was potent in the age.• They have a genuine and potent social power.• The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.• Is he so bloody potent that he can thump you and make love to you and you let him do it?• potent weaponspotent force• The feeling that Hawaii had been unlawfully possessed by the United States was still a potent force.• Technology drives changes Technological change is one of the most potent forces for upsetting existing industry structures.• Evangelicalism became an especially potent force in the attack on traditional pastimes.• Losing the potent force of Murdo MacLeod can not be used as an excuse, either.• Alesi will be a potent force, particularly if the Michelin tyres work well in the rain.• These three potent forces - people, technology and competition - mean that industry can not afford to become institutionalized.• But religious righteousness has been a more potent force than economic despair.Origin potent (1400-1500) Latin present participle of potere “to be powerful”
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