英语单词

potent是什么意思

potent

英 ['pəʊt(ə)nt] 美 ['potnt]
  • adj. 有效的;强有力的,有权势的;有说服力的

中文词源


potent 有权的,强大的,有力的

来自拉丁语potentem,有权的,强大的,有力的,来自*potere,使有权力,赋予力量,来自potis,有力的,有力量的,来自PIE*potis,主人,师傅,大师,丈夫,词源同possible,power.

英文词源


potent
potent: [15] Latin posse (source of English posse and possible) meant ‘be able or powerful’. It was a conflation of an earlier verbal phrase potis esse ‘be able’. The precursor of posse was Old Latin *potēre, whose present participle potēns survived to become the present participle of posse. And its stem form potent- has given English potent, potentate [14], and potential [14]. Power also comes from *potēre.
=> posse, possible, potentate, potential, power
potent (adj.)
early 15c., from Latin potentem (nominative potens) "powerful," present participle of *potere "be powerful," from potis "powerful, able, capable; possible;" of persons, "better, preferable; chief, principal; strongest, foremost," from PIE root *poti- "powerful, lord" (cognates: Sanskrit patih "master, husband," Greek posis, Lithuanian patis "husband"). Meaning "having sexual power" is first recorded 1899.

双语例句


1. Alcohol is a potent drug that anaesthetizes the brain.
酒精是一种能麻醉大脑的烈性药物。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.
飞鱼导弹是他们最有攻击力的武器。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a very potent alcoholic brew
烈性酒精饮料

来自《权威词典》

4. The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.
这药物对你的病疗效很大.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The medicine is potent enough to produce the desired effect.
药力强.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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