今日单词 |
potent |
adj. 有效的，强有力的; 有权势的; 烈性的; 有说服力的; |
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形近词
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patent |
n. 专利; 专利品; 专利权; 专利证; adj. 专利的; 显然，显露; 明摆着的; vt. 获得…专利，给予…专利权; 取得专利权; |
portent |
n. 预兆; 征兆; 怪事; 奇物; |
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content |
n. 内容; （书等的）目录; 满足; 容量; |
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extent |
n. 程度; 长度; 广大地域; 扣押; |
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impotent |
adj. 无力的; 虚弱的; 无效的; [医]阳痿的; |
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近义词 |
Powerful；strong |
potent
英 [ˈpəʊtnt] 美 [ˈpoʊtnt]
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adj. 有效的，强有力的; 有权势的; 烈性的; 有说服力的;
词根:poten有力的+t→potent强有力的
① (ADJ-GRADED) 很有效的；强有力的
Something that is potent is very effective and powerful.
● Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile...
飞鱼导弹是他们最有攻击力的武器。
形近词：
1、patent
英 [ˈpætnt , ˈpeɪtnt] 美 [ˈpætnt , ˈpeɪtnt]
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n. 专利; 专利品; 专利权; 专利证;
adj. 专利的; 显然，显露; 明摆着的;
vt. 获得…专利，给予…专利权; 取得专利权;
① (N-COUNT) 专利权
A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new productfor a certain period of time.
● P&G applied for apatent on its cookies...
宝洁公司为它的饼干申请专利权。
② (VERB) 得到…的专利权
If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
● He patented the ideathat the atom could be split...
他获得了“原子可以再分”这一概念的专利权。
③ (ADJ-GRADED) （尤指坏事物）明显的，显而易见的
You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in anemphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.
● This was patentnonsense.
这明显是胡说八道。
2、portent
英 [ˈpɔ:tent] 美[ˈpɔrtent]
n. 预兆;征兆; 怪事; 奇物;
① (N-COUNT) 预兆；征兆
A portent is something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future.
● The savage civil warthere could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...
那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
3、content
英 ['kɒntent] 美[ˈkɑntent]
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n. 内容;（书等的）目录;满足;容量;
4、extent
英 [ɪkˈstent] 美[ɪkˈstɛnt]
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n. 程度;长度; 广大地域; 扣押;
① (N-SING) 程度;地步
If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it.
● The government itselfhas little information on the extent of industrial pollution...
政府本身几乎不了解工业污染的程度。
② (N-SING) 范围;面积;大小
The extent of something is its length, area, or size.
● Their commitment wasonly to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
他们仅承诺维持现有森林面积，并不保证林区生物的多样性。
③ (PHRASE) 在很大程度上/ 在某种程度上/在一定程度上
You use expressions such as to a large extent ,to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate thatsomething is partly true, but not entirely true.
● It was and, to a largeextent, still is a good show...
它过去是个好节目，现在在很大程度上仍是个好节目。
5、impotent
英 [ˈɪmpətənt] 美[ˈɪmpətənt]
adj. 无力的;虚弱的; 无效的; [医]阳痿的;
① (ADJ-GRADED) 无能为力的;不起作用的
If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events.
● The aggression of abully leaves people feeling hurt, angry and impotent...
暴徒的侵犯令人们感到痛心、愤怒却又无能为力。
② (ADJ) 阳痿的;性无能的
If a man is impotent, he is unable to have sex normally, because his penis fails to get hard or stay hard.