• adj. 有效的；強(qiáng)有力的，有權(quán)勢(shì)的；有說(shuō)服力的

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)potentem,有權(quán)的，強(qiáng)大的，有力的，來(lái)自*potere,使有權(quán)力，賦予力量，來(lái)自potis,有力的，有力量的，來(lái)自PIE*potis,主人，師傅，大師，丈夫，詞源同possible,power.

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.

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(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.

飛魚(yú)導(dǎo)彈是他們最有攻擊力的武器。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. a very potent alcoholic brew

烈性酒精飲料

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.

這藥物對(duì)你的病療效很大.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

藥力強(qiáng).

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》