potent

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po·tent /ˈpəʊtənt $ ˈpoʊ-/ adjectiveadj

1 EFFECT/INFLUENCEPOWERhaving a very powerful effect or influence on your body or mind 有效力的，效力大的；有影响力的 SYN powerful

potent drugs

强效药物

a potent symbol of oppression

压迫的有力象征

Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit.

广告的力量很大，把吸烟说成为社会所接受的习惯。

A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff.

良好的公司养老金计划依然是吸引员工的有效武器。

2 EFFECTIVEpowerful and effective 强有力的，有威力的

The treaty requires them to get rid of their most potent weapons.

条约要求他们销毁威力最强大的武器。

3. a man who is potent is able to have sex or able to make a woman pregnant 〔男子〕有性功能的 OPP impotent

—potently adverbadv

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potent• What we found was sometimes tremendously potent and sometimes confounding.• Its human story is at least as potent as the visual energy that drives it.• The combination of early breakfast, exhaust fumes and nerves is a potent cocktail!• unusually potent drugs• His speech had a potent emotional impact.• The idea, which smacks of Milton, was potent in the age.• They have a genuine and potent social power.• The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.• Is he so bloody potent that he can thump you and make love to you and you let him do it?• potent weapons

potent weapon• Then she realised that her other hand held a much more potent weapon.• The Khans will tell you that many have now replaced the rifle with another potent weapon, the squash racquet.• But a good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon when it comes to attracting and keeping staff.

Origin potent

(1400-1500) Latin present participle of potere “to be powerful”

po·tent adjectiveadj

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