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潜力无限：potential的用法和辨析  

Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.
                                                                                 —— Winston Churchill
不懈的努力不是力量或智慧，而是打开潜能的钥匙。 
                                   ——温斯顿·丘吉尔,一、你知道potential有几种含义吗？,adj.,1.潜在的，可能的,The enterprise should pay attention to their future potential ine.,企业应该关注其未来可能获得的收益。,2.电势的，电位的,The potential difference belongs to the field of physics.,电位差属于物理领域。,n.,1.可能性，潜在性 [U],We ignore the potential of rain.,我们忽略下雨的可能性。,2.潜力，潜能 [U],People under stress tend to express their full range of potential.,处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。,3.电势，电位 [U],The plate current decreases when plate potential increases.,当极板电势增加时极板电流反而降低。,二、词义辨析：,latent, potential,这两个形容词均含“潜在的”之意。

latent指存在但看不见的现象或潜在的性质。

potential强调潜在的可能性或能力。,三、下面我们来学习一下含有potential的常见短语,potential energy,n. 势能,action potential,动作电位,elastic potential energy,弹性势能,electric potential,n. 电势，电位,potential divider,分压器,四、了解potential的用法了吗？来做个小测验吧~
,His performance shows his great ______ of playing basketball.,他在赛场上的表现展示出了打篮球的巨大潜力。