英语词汇“potential”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	potential
释义	po·ten·tial I. \pəˈtenchəl, pōˈ-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English potencial, from Late Latin potentialis potential, powerful, from Late Latin potentia dynamis, state of that which is not yet fully realized & Latin potentia potency, power + Latin -alis -al 1. a. : existing in possibility : having the capacity or a strong possibility for development into a state of actuality < field studies of existing and potential book markets — Collier's Year Book > < the detection of incipient or potential disease of the nervous system — H.G.Armstrong > < too small to provide … for the potential needs for reconstruction and development that will emerge in the postwar years — L.G.Melville > < potential leader > < potential profit > < potential use > — compare actual b. : having the capacity for acting or being acted upon and hence for undergoing change — compare potency 2. archaic : potent II 3. : expressing possibility < potential subjunctive > specifically : of, relating to, or constituting a verb phrase expressing possibility, liberty, or power by the use of an auxiliary (as may, can) with the infinitive of the verb (as in “it may rain”, “he can write”) Synonyms: see latent II. noun (-s) 1. : something that exists in a state of potency or possibility for changing or developing into a state of actuality < industrial location in new areas will make use of labor and other potentials which might otherwise remain untapped — New Republic > < a sound source with an unplumbed potential for novelty and expression — Time > < in joining together at fertilization, germ cells add to the total gene potential of an organism by the fusion of two heredities — Weston LaBarre > < growth potential > < human potential > < industrial potential > < leadership potential > < military potential > 2. : any of various functions (as a scalar function so related to the vector that the vector is its gradient) from which the intensity or the velocity at any point in a field may be calculated; specifically : electric potential III. noun : potential difference
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