potent
英['p??t(?)nt]
美['potnt]
- adj. 有效的；強有力的，有權勢的；有說服力的
詞態變化
比較級:?more potent;最高級:?most potent;副詞:?potently;
中文詞源
potent 有權的，強大的，有力的
來自拉丁語potentem,有權的，強大的，有力的，來自*potere,使有權力，賦予力量，來自potis,有力的，有力量的，來自PIE*potis,主人，師傅，大師，丈夫，詞源同possible,power.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Alcohol is a potent drug that anaesthetizes the brain.
- 酒精是一種能麻醉大腦的烈性藥物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.
- 飛魚導彈是他們最有攻擊力的武器。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a very potent alcoholic brew
- 烈性酒精飲料
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.
- 這藥物對你的病療效很大.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The medicine is potent enough to produce the desired effect.
- 藥力強.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》