latent
音标：
英音/ ˈleɪt(ə)nt / 美音/ ˈleɪt(ə)nt /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Snow that has fallen, or ice that has formed on surfaces, can often melt in the sun or form latent heat from the surface.
落下的雪或表面形成的冰通常会在阳光下融化或从表面形成潜热。
—BBC
That makes the government’s release of children with latent infections all the more complicated.
这使得政府释放潜伏感染儿童变得更加复杂。
—Washington Times
“Raising and training a puppy, discovering a latent passion for painting, writing this book, and making a new meaning of life — even as I know I am dying.”
“抚养和训练一只小狗，发现对绘画的潜在热情，写这本书，并创造生活的新意义——即使我知道我快要死了。”
—Washington Post
基本释意：
adjective
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
（性质，状态）潜在的，隐藏的；（芽、静止期等）休眠的，潜伏的；（微生物，尤指病毒）蛰伏的；（疾病）潜伏的
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
The adjective latent is a tricky word to define because it refers to something there but not there. That is, latent means something that is capable of becoming active or at hand but has not yet achieved that state. The word arrived in Middle English from the Latin word latēre which means “to lie hidden.” It can have somewhat negative connotations because it is often used in a medical context, as in a latent illness or infection, but it can also mean good things, such as someone discovering they have latent talents or capabilities.
潜在是一个形容词，用于描述能够变得活跃或即将发生的事物，尽管目前还不是这样。
长释义：
The adjective latent is a tricky word to define because it refers to something there but not there. That is, latent means something that is capable of becoming active or at hand but has not yet achieved that state. The word arrived in Middle English from the Latin word latēre which means “to lie hidden.” It can have somewhat negative connotations because it is often used in a medical context, as in a latent illness or infection, but it can also mean good things, such as someone discovering they have latent talents or capabilities.
形容词“潜在”是一个很难定义的词，因为它指的是存在但不存在的东西。也就是说，潜在意味着能够变得活跃或即将发生但尚未达到该状态的事物。这个词源自拉丁语latēre，起源于中古英语，意思是“隐藏起来”。它可能有一些负面含义，因为它经常用于医疗环境中，例如潜在的疾病或感染，但它也可能意味着好事，例如某人发现自己具有潜在的才能或能力。
文学例句：
Since he couldn’t speak to me, he bounced me a lot and hummed to me, and touched his big, arching nose to my little, latent one.
因为他不能和我说话，所以他不停地弹着我，对我哼哼哼，用他那拱形的大鼻子碰触我那潜在的小鼻子。
—Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
But this assumption is inconsistent with the caloric theory of latent heat of expansion, which requires the specific heat to be a function of the volume.
但这种假设与膨胀潜热热量理论不一致，该理论要求比热是体积的函数。
—Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2
“Hearing” to “Helmond” by Various
Because he could go now, run off if he wanted to and leave it all behind, he felt a certain sense of power, a power born of a latent capacity to live.
因为他现在可以走了，如果他愿意的话可以逃跑，把一切都抛在脑后，他感受到了某种力量感，一种源自潜在生存能力的力量。
—Native Son by Richard Wright
词源：
latent (adj.)mid-15c., “concealed, secret,” from Latin latentem (nominative latens) “lying hid, concealed, secret, unknown,” present participle of latere “lie hidden, lurk, be concealed,” from PIE *late-, suffixed form of root *lādh- “to be hidden” (source also of Greek lēthē “forgetfulness, oblivion,” lēthargos “forgetful,” lathre “secretly, by stealth,” lathrios “stealthy,” lanthanein “to be hidden;” Old Church Slavonic lajati “to lie in wait for”). Meaning “dormant, undeveloped” is from 1680s, originally in medicine.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
Latent (adj.)mid-15c.，“隐藏的，秘密的”，来自拉丁语 Latentem（主格 Latens）“隐藏的，隐藏的，秘密的，未知的”，后来的现在分词“隐藏的，潜伏的，被隐藏的，”来自 PIE *late-，词根的后缀形式 *lādh-“隐藏”（也源自希腊语 lēthē“健忘、遗忘”，lēthargos “健忘”，lathre“秘密地，悄悄地”，lathrios“隐秘”，lanthanein“隐藏；”古教会斯拉夫语 lajati“等待”）。 “休眠的、未开发的”的意思源自 1680 年代，最初用于医学。相关条目及更多
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