adj. 潜在的,有可能的;[语法学]可能语气的,表示可能性的;有能力的;
n. 潜力,潜能;[物]电位,势能;潜能的事物;[语]可能语气;
potent能力,动力+ial...的→由“能力”引申为“潜力” → 潜力
🗣️ 情景例句
Many people take tables or capsules to try and stay healthy.
许多人靠服药或胶囊保持健康。
One must drink as one brews.
自作自受。
A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner.