本次我们来辨别2个单词，它们分别是：
- potent
- potential
Potent 是一个与熟词 potential 同源的单词，都源自于拉丁语 potis （强大的、有能力的；可能的）。其中 potent 于15世纪初期由拉丁语 potentem （强大的）进入英语后，即用来表示“强有力的、有影响的、有权势的”，侧重指拥有某种隐藏的或潜在的（latent）的，而非可观察到的或可测量的巨大的力量、权威、影响等，能够实现或带来特定的效果。
第1个单词：potent
美音：/ˈpoʊt(ə)nt/，英音：/ˈpəʊt(ə)nt/
含义：adj. 强大的，有力的；（毒品、药品或化学品）药效强的，强效的；（男子）有性功能的；由T字形构成的，（尤指十字架）有T形端的；（纹章装饰）有交错T形拼花毛皮的；有说服力的
网络含义：强有力的
英文短含义：Potent means really strong, but not like a body builder. Use potent instead to describe things like intense smells, powerful magic potions, and very influential people./
有力意味着非常强壮，但不像健美运动员。使用 potent 来描述诸如强烈的气味、强大的魔法药水和非常有影响力的人之类的东西。
英文长含义：From the Latin potentum, meaning “powerful,” potent is just that: having tremendous strength or influence in either a moral or physical sense. A potent question gets to the heart of the matter and sparks serious discussion. Really stiff drinks can be potent, as can your breath after a garlicky meal. And as the composer Igor Stravinsky once asked, “What force is more potent than love?”
从拉丁语 potentum 中，意思是“强大的”，强大的就是：在道德或身体意义上具有巨大的力量或影响力。一个强有力的问题触及了问题的核心，并引发了认真的讨论。非常烈的饮料可能很有效，大餐后的呼吸也是如此。正如作曲家伊戈尔·斯特拉文斯基 (Igor Stravinsky) 曾经问道：“有什么力量比爱更强大？”
例句1：In the mornings, her cheeks and forehead burned from the bleach and the potent liqueur.
早上，她的脸颊和前额被漂白剂和烈性利口酒灼伤。
– from Dreaming in Cuban
例句2：The potent, strong fragrance of happiness still bloomed in him, the sense of being—for the first time in his dull life—useful.
强烈而浓烈的幸福香气仍在他体内绽放，在他沉闷的生活中第一次感到有用。
– from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
例句3：Her condescension, being wholly restrained, was all the more potent.
她的屈尊，完全克制，更加有力。
– from Atonement
第2个单词：potential
美音：/pəˈtenʃ(ə)l/，英音：/pəˈtenʃ(ə)l/
含义：adj. 潜在的，可能的
网络含义：潜在的
英文短含义：If you can describe something as possible but not yet actual, choose the adjective potential. Companies try to reach potential customers through advertising./
如果您可以描述可能但尚未实际的事物，请选择形容词 potential。公司试图通过广告接触潜在客户。
英文长含义：Potential, from the Latin potentia “power,” sounds more complicated than it is. It describes something or someone that has the power to become something. A potential success is not yet a success but could be if circumstances are right. When a situation has the potential for disaster, it could turn bad easily. You have potential if you have a natural but undeveloped ability to do something and a building with potential will be really nice once it’s fixed up.
潜力，来自拉丁语 potentia“力量”，听起来比实际情况要复杂。它描述了有能力成为某物的某物或某人。潜在的成功还不是成功，但如果情况合适的话可能会成功。当一种情况有可能发生灾难时，它很容易变坏。如果你有做某事的天生但未开发的能力，那么你就有潜力，而有潜力的建筑一旦修好就会非常好。
例句1：I walk the halls surrounded by an aura of potential verbal danger, and am treated with caution, which suits me fine.
我在大厅里走来走去，周围环绕着潜在的言语危险气氛，受到谨慎对待，这很适合我。
– from Cat’s Eye
例句2：“I’m an atheist,” Chuck said, lying simply to keep from having to hear any more of Cabot Searcy’s theories on the potential of humankind.
“我是无神论者，”Chuck 说，撒谎只是为了避免再听到 Cabot Searcy 关于人类潜力的理论。
– from Where Things Come Back
例句3：The air smelled of mud, and with the abundance of precious water everything with the potential of being green flexed and groaned and desperately began to grow.
空气中弥漫着泥土的味道，珍贵的水源充沛，一切有可能长青的东西都开始弯曲、呻吟、拼命地生长。
– from The Marrow Thieves
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