potential
n. 潜在性, 可能性, 潜力, 潜能, 势, 位 a. 有潜力的, 可能的, 潜在的
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教材释义与例句
潜能；可能性；[电] 电势
the possibility that something will develop in a particular way, or have a particular effect
潜能；可能性； 电势
潜在的；可能的；势的
likely to develop into a particular type of person or thing in the future
释义与例句
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A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
潜力
潜质
可数 不可数Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.
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The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
势能
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The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
电势
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A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
可数 不可数 语言学
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Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
潜在
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Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result
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irrotational
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irrotational (see potential flow on Wikipedia)
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Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.
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From Late Latin potentialis, from Latin potentia (“power”), from potens (“powerful”). By surface analysis, potent + -ial.
来源：wiktionary