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
If only Robbie and Alexandra were here.
要是Robbie和Alexandra在这儿多好。
For a few, scholarships were sources of support.
有少数人,奖学金是他们接受教育的学费来源。
Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.