一、详细释义：


adj.

潜在的，可能的


例句：

The enterprise should pay attention to their future potential income.

企业应该关注其未来可能获得的收益。


例句：

The firm has identified 60 potential customers at home and abroad.

该公司已在国内外找到60个潜在客户。


例句：

The dispute has scared away potential investors.

这一争端吓走了潜在的投资者。


电势的，电位的


例句：

The potential difference belongs to the field of physics.

电位差属于物理领域。


例句：

But really, it's a chemical potential idea.

但事实上，这是一个化学势的概念。


n.

可能性，潜在性 [U]


例句：

We ignore the potential of rain.

我们忽略下雨的可能性。


例句：

We often underestimate the potential of people.

我们总是低估了人的潜在性。


潜力，潜能 [U]


例句：

People under stress tend to express their full range of potential.

处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。


例句：

They use the wind energy potential.

他们使用风能潜势。


电势，电位 [U]


例句：

The plate current decreases when plate potential increases.

当极板电势增加时极板电流反而降低。


例句：

Electrical potential is also commonly known as voltage.

电势也就是所谓的电压。


二、词义辨析：


latent,potential

这两个形容词均含“潜在的”之意。 latent指存在但看不见的现象或潜在的性质。 potential强调潜在的可能性或能力。


三、相关短语：


potential energy

n. 势能


action potential

动作电位


elastic potential energy

弹性势能


electric potential

n. 电势，电位


evoked potential

诱发电位，诱发性电位，触发电位


potential difference

n. 位差；势差


potential divider

分压器


potential drop

电位降，磁势降


resting potential

休止电位，静态电位，静态电位，静息电位，静息电位


四、参考例句：


Education develops potential abilities.

教育能开发人的潜能。


Your potential can be limitless.

你的潜力是无穷的。


We ignore the potential of rain.

我们忽略下雨的可能性。


Factory managers understate their potential output.

工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量。


A potential for bioterrorism sobers well-informed realists.

自杀性恐怖事件让消息灵通的现实主义者们警醒。


The firm has identified 60 potential customers.


We often underestimate the potential of people.

我们总是低估了人的潜在性。


The dispute has scared away potential investors.

这一争端吓走了潜在的投资者。


This update corrects that potential error.

此次更新纠正了那个潜在错误。


The company has identified 60 potential customers.

该公司已确定了60位潜在的客户。