potential

【发音】

美 /pə'tɛnʃl/ 英 /pə'tenʃəl/

【翻译】

1. n.潜力

   英释:the possibility that something will develop in a particular way, or have a particular effect

2. adj.有可能的；潜在的

   英释:likely to develop into a particular type of person or thing in the future

【记忆】

po ＋ tent(伸展) ＋ ial → 无限伸展的潜能 → 潜能

【短语】

1. market potential : [经]市场潜力；市场潜在需求量

2. potential energy : 势能

3. development potential : 发展潜力；发展前景

4. potential market : 潜在市场

5. growth potential : 增长潜力；生长势

6. full potential : 全电位；全电势

7. electric potential : 电位；电势

8. potential value : 潜在价值；位势值；平衡值

9. high potential : 高电势；潜能

10. potential field : 势场；位场

11. potential difference : n. 势差，位差

12. potential distribution : 电位分布

13. potential function : 势函数；位函数

14. evoked potential : [生理学]（大脑皮质的）激发性电位

15. water potential : 水势；水潜能；静水压；水位

16. action potential : 动作电位；动诅位

17. potential customer : 潜在的顾客

18. potential demand : 潜在需要

19. potential impact : 潜在影响

20. chemical potential : 化学势，化学位

【例句】

1. The boy has great potential.

   这个男孩有很大的潜力。

2. new ways of attracting potential customers

   吸引潜在用户的新方法

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...despite its potential to work wonders...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...the report’s writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred...

3. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of...

4. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 写作题)...which is still in good condition so far without any mechanical breakdowns or potential problems due to my careful maintenance...

5. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Breakfast has the potential to be very profitable...

6. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Such distractions have the potential to be disastrous...

7. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...you'd sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader...

8. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...We judge a potential partner according to our specific cultural expectations about what romantic love should feel like...

9. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...but they also agree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more and more of the potential return...

10. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...They're willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills; be creative about where and how to look; learn how to present themselves to potential employers; and keep going...

11. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Social workers and experts on aging offer caregivers and potential caregivers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative...

12. (2010.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein...

13. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...So someone leaving university who already has the skills needed to work in an industrial lab has far more potential in the job market than someone who has spent all their time on a narrow research project...

14. (2009.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the company...

15. (2009.6 • CET4 • • 写作题)...Yet it is proposed that some measures should be taken to solve the potential problems caused by it...

16. (2009.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Dale’s assumptions are another example of the well-intentioned but incorrect thinking that limits an organization’s ability to tap into the full potential of a diverse workforce...

17. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...As the potential First Lady...

18. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster...

19. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...look at kids that aren’t your own as a potential minefield...

20. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...This theory explains the potential that human infants have for learning language...

【同、近义词】

1. n.潜能；可能性；[电]电势

   possibility/probability/feasibility/maybe/chance/

2. adj.潜在的；可能的；势的

   feasible/possible/underlying/latent/

【同根词】

1. adv

   potentially : 可能地，潜在地

2. n

   potentiality : 潜力；可能性